THROUGH 
THE 


WITH 

SHAKESPEARE. 


J 

»e»  I 


o 


Co  tbinc  own  self  be  true 

tEbou  canst  not  tben  be  false 
to  ang  man. 


the  l?eat 

wttb 

Shakespeare 


Away,  my  friends  !     New  flight; 

And  happy  newness,  that  intends  old  right. 
King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 


Boston 

DEWOLFE,  FlSKE  &  CO. 


J.      FA,,KHILL     a.     CO. 
BOSTON,     U.    S.  A. 


£brougb  tfoe  l?ear  witb 

Shakespeare 


Go  thou  forth  ; 

And  fortune  play  upon  thy  prosperous  helm. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

In  the  great  hand  of  God  I  stand. 

Macbeth,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


Lay  aside  life-harming  heaviness, 
And  entertain  a  cheerful  disposition. 
Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

A  trusty  villain,  sir,  that  very  oft, 
When  I  am  dull  with  care  and  melancholy, 
Lightens  my  humour  with  his  merry  jests. 
Comedy  of  Errors,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


2047360 


THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


The  expectancy  and  rose  of  this  fair  state. 
Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

The  Lord  bless  you  ! 
God   prosper    your    affairs  !       God   send   u 


peace 


Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


Thanks,  fortune,  yet,  that,  after  all  my  crosses 
Thou  givest  me  somewhat  to  repair  myself. 
Pericles,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
I  have  immortal  longings  in  me. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
He  hath  known  you  but  three  days,  and 
already  you  are  no  stranger. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 

5 


The  life  is  dear ;  for  all  that  life  can  rate 
"Worth  name  of  life  in  thee  hath  estimate, 
Youth,  beauty,  wisdom,  courage,  all 
That  happiness  and  prime  can  happy  call. 
AWs  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

No  legacy  is  so  rich  as  honesty. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  5 

3^nu<xt^  6 

We,  ignorant  of  ourselves, 
Beg  often  our  own  harms,  which  the  wise 

powers 

Deny  us  for  our  good  :  so  find  we  profit 
By  losing  of  our  prayers. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  II.  Sc.  1. 
Here  comes  a  man  of  comfort,  whose  advice 
Hath  often  stilled  my  brawling  discontent. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Activ.  Sc.  1. 

7 


But  I'll  endeavour  deeds  to  match  these  words. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

I  am  weary  ;  yea,  my  memory  is  tired. 
Coriolanus,  Act  i.  Sc.  9. 

I  am  Sir  Oracle, 

And,  when  I  ope  my  lips,  let  no  dog  bark. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

8 


He  will  keep  that  good  name  still. 

Henry  V.  Act  in.  Sc.  7. 

We  carry  not  a  heart  with  us  from  hence, 
That  grows  not  in  a  fair  consent  with  ours, 
Nor  leave  not  one  behind,  that  doth  not  wish 
Success  and  conquest  to  attend  on  us. 

Henry  V.  Act  u.  Sc.  2. 


6  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

9 

His  worth  is  warrant  for  his  welcome  hither. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

An  honest  tale  speeds  best  being  plainly  told. 
Richard  III.  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

My  trust,  which  had  indeed  no  limit 
A  confidence  sans  bound. 

Tempest,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


10 


Remember  this, 

God  and  our  good  cause  fight  upon  our  side. 
Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Smooth  runs  the  water  where  the  brook  is 

deep. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


The  dearest  friend  to  me,  the  kindest  man, 
The  best  conditiou'd  and  unwearied  spirit 
In  doing  courtesies. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Teach  thy  necessity  to  reason  thus  : 
There  is  no  virtue  like  necessity. 

Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE 

12 


Her  whose  worth  makes  other  worthies  noth- 

ing. 
She  is  alone. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  u.  Sc.  4. 

Let  Hercules  himself  do  what  he  may, 
The  cat  will  mew,  and  dog  will  have  his  day. 
Hamlet,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

3<tnuar}>  13 

God  shall  be  my  hope, 
My  stay,  my  guide  and  lantern  to  my  feet. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

Let  fancy  still  my  sense  in  Lethe  steep  ; 

If  it  be  thus  to  dream,  still  let  me  sleep  ! 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1  . 

Look,  what  is  best,  that  best  I  wish  in  thee, 
Sonnet  xxxvu. 


'  Tis  much  he  dares  ; 

And,  to  that  dauntless  temper  of  his  mind, 
He  hath  a  wisdom  that  doth  guide  his  valour 
To  act  in  safety. 

Macbeth,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

She  is  a  woman,  therefore  may  be  woo'd  ; 
She  is  a  woman,  therefore  may,  be  won. 
Titus  Andronicus,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


THROUGH    THE    TEAK 

15 


Let  us  not  burden  our  remembrance  with 
A  heaviness  that's  gone. 

Tempest,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

We  thought  there  was  no  more  behind, 
But  such  a  day  to-morrow  as  to-day, 
And  to  be  boy  eternal. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  i.  So  2. 

3&nu<xr£  16 

If  reasons  were  as  plentiful  as  black- 
berries, I  would  give  no  man  a  reason  upon 
compulsion,  I. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act.  n.  Sc.  4. 

In  faith,  he  is  a  worthy  gentleman, 
Exceedingly  well  read. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  m.  Sc.  1. 

^anuar^  17 

Would  you  praise  Cassar,  say  '  Caesar'  :  go  no 
further. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  m.  Sc.  2. 
Comfort's  in  heaven  ;  and  we  are  on  the  earth, 
Where  nothing  lives  but  crosses,  cares  and 
-  grief.  Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

How  came  we  ashore  ? 
By  Providence  divine. 

Tempest,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE 

18 


Ever  beloved  and  loving  may  his  rule  be  ! 
And  when  old  Time  shall  lead  him  to  his  end, 
Goodness  and  he  fill  up  one  monument. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
I  pray  thee  sort  thy  heart  to  patience. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 


19 


Oft  expectation  fails,  and  most  oft  there 
Where  most  it  promises  ;  and  oft  it  hits 
Where  hope  is  coldest  and  despair  most  fits. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
I  have  a  man's  mind,  but  a  woman's  might. 
Julius  Ccesar,  Act  II.  Sc.  4. 


20 


Ay,  sir  ;  to  be  honest,  as  this  world  goes,  is 
to  be  one  man  picked  out  of  ten  thousand. 
Hamlet,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

But  there's  more  in    me  than    thou    under- 
stand'st. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 


10  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

21 


Sure,  He  that  made  us  with  such  large  dis- 

course, 

Looking  before  and  after,  gave  us  not 
That  capability  and  God-like  reason 
To  fust  in  us  unused. 

Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

Let  the  end  try  the  man. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

22 


Let  our  old  acquaintance  be  renewed. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Be  patient,  for  the  world  is  broad  and  wide. 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

Stay  yet  another  day,  thou  trusty  Welshman. 
Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 


23 


Courage  and  comfort  !  all  shall  yet  go  well. 

King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 
Defer  no  time,  delays  have  dangerous  ends. 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Pleasure    and   action  make  the  hours    seem 
short. 

Othello,  Act  11.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  11 

3<*nuar£  24 

Cheer  your  heart  : 
Be  you  not  troubled  with  the  time,  which 

drives 

O'er  your  content  these  strong  necessities  ; 
But  let  determined  things  to  destiny 
Hold  unbewailed  their  way. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  in.  Sc.  6. 
Were  man  but  constant  he  were  perfect. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 

January  25 
For  what  he  has  he  gives,  what  thinks  he 

shows  ; 

Yet  gives   he   not  till   judgment  guide   his 
bounty. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

Shall  we  serve  Heaven 
With  less  respect  than  we  do  minister 
To  our  gross  selves  ? 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

26 


The  end  crowns  all, 
And  that  old  common  arbitrator,  Time, 
Will  one  day  end  it. 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

One  of   the  noblest  note,    to  whose  kindr 
nesses  I  am  most  infinitely  tied. 

Cymbe'ine,  Act  i.  Sc.  6. 


12  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


27 

I  like  your  silence,  it  the  more  shows  off 
Your  wonder. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Be  to  yourself 
As  you  would  to  your  friend. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
Affliction  may  one  day    smile  again  :  and 
till  then,  sit  thee  down,  Sorrow  ! 

Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

28 


For  truth  is  truth,  to  the  end  of  the  reckoning. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

I  do  beseech  you  — 

Chiefly  that  I  might  set  it  m  my  prayers  — 
What  is  your  name  ? 

Tempest,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

29 

Firm  of  word, 

Speaking  in  deeds  and  deedless  in  his  tongue  ; 
Not  soon  provoked,  nor  being  provoked  soon 

calm'd, 

His  heart  and  hand  both  open  and  both  free. 
Troilus  and  Cressida>  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

What  cannot  be  eschewed  must  be  embraced. 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  13 


Men  at  some  time  are  masters  of  their  fates  : 
The  fault,  dear  Brutus,  is  not  in  our  stars, 
But  in  ourselves. 

Julius  Caesar,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

God  amend  us,  God  amend  !  We  are  much 
out  o'  the  way. 

Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

3anuarg  31 

You  do  so  grow  in  my  requital 
As  nothing  can  unroot  you. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

If  thou  art  rich,  thou  art  poor  ; 
For  like  an  ass  whose  back  with  ingots  bows, 
Thou  bear'st  thy  heavy  riches  but  a  journey, 
And  death  unloads  thee. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
It  is  as  hard  to  come  as  for  a  camel 
To  thread  the  postern  of  a  small  needle's  eye. 
Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 


14  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


111  blows  the  wind  that  profits  nobody. 
Third  Part  of  Henry   VL  Act  II.  Sc.  5. 

'Tis  better  to  be  lowly  born, 
And  range  with  humble  livers  in  content, 
Than  to  be  perk'd  up  in  a  glistering  grief 
And  wear  a  golden  sorrow. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

But  long  I  will  not  be  Jack  out  of  office. 

First  Part  of  Henry  VL  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

2 


'Tis  not  the  many  oaths  that  make  the  truth, 
But  the  plain  single  vow  that's  vowed  true. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

I  have  heard  of  the  lady,  and  good  words 
went  with  her  name. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  HI.  Sc.  1. 

3 


The  elements  be  kind  to  thee,  and  make 
Thy  spirits  all  of  comfort ! 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act.  in.  Sc.  2. 

How  many  things  by  season  season'd  are 

To  their  right  praise  and  true  perfection. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  15 


His  years  but  young,  but  his  experience  old  ; 
His  head  unmellowed,  but  his  judgment  ripe. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 
God  .  .  .  send  him  many  years  of  sunshine 

days  !  Richard  II.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Of  all  say'd  yet,  may'st  thou  prove  prosper- 

ous. 
Of  all  say'd  yet,  I  wish  thee  happiness. 

Pericles,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

5 


One  touch  of  nature  makes  the  whole  world 
kin. 
Troilus  and  Gressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

Grace  and  remembrance  be  to  you  both. 
Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

It  is  not  enough  to  speak,  but  to  speak  true. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


The  heavens  give  safety  to  your  purposes  ! 
Lead  forth  and  bring  you  back  in  happiness  ! 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
Out  of  this  nettle,  danger,  we  pluck  this 
flower,  safety. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  u.  Sc.  3. 
Certainly  a  woman's  thought  runs  before 
her  actions. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


16  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


7 

Before  the  times  of  change,  still  is  it  so  : 
By  a  divine  instinct  men's  minds  mistrust 
Ensuing  dangers  ;  as,  by  proof,  we  see 
The  waters  swell  before  a  boist'rous  storm, 
But  leave  it  all  to  God. 

Richard  III.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
The  April's  in  her  eyes  :  it  is  love's  spring, 
And  these  the  showers  to  bring  it  on. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

8 

It  is  the  purpose  that  makes  strong  the  vow  ; 
But  vows  to  every  purpose  must  not  hold. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Day  serves  not  light  more  faithful  than  I'll 
be. 

Pericles,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


Since  this  fortune  falls  to  you, 
Be  content  and  seek  no  new. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Be  as  thou  wast  wont  to  be : 

See  as  thou  wast  wont  to  see. 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


t>ere  cboose  1. 


be  tbe  consequence. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  17 

10 


For  now  he  lives  in  fame,  though  not  in  life. 

Richard  III,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
All  places  that  the  eye  of  Heaven  visits 
Are  to  a  wise  man  ports  and  happy  havens. 

Richard  IL  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 
A  greater  power  than  we  can  contradict 
Hath  thwarted  our  intents. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 


Be  patient  till  the  last. 

Julius  Caesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Our  life,  exempt  from  public  haunt, 
Finds  tongues  in  trees,  books  in  the  running 

brooks, 

Sermons  in  stones,  and  good  in  everything. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  1  . 


12 


Women  will  love  her,  that  she  is  a  woman 
More  worth  than  any  man  ;   men,  that  she  is 
The  rarest  of  all  women. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

He  that  is  giddy  thinks  the  world  turns  round. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 


18  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

^efiruary  13 

A  man  that  I  love  and  honour  with  my 
soul,  and  my  heart,  and  my  duty,  and  my 
life,  and  my  living,  and  my  uttermost  power: 
...  I  think  in  my  very  conscience  he  is  as 
valiant  a  man  as  Mark  Antony  ;  and  he  is  a 
man  of  no  estimation  in  the  world. 

Henry  V.  Act  in.  Sc.  6. 

Exceeding  wise,  fair-spoken,  and  persuading. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  IV.  Sc.  2. 

14 


But  what  care  I  for  words  ?     Yet  words  do1 

well 
When  he  that  speaks  them  pleases  those  that 

hear.     As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 

...  I  am  a  man 

That  from  my  first   have   been   inclined    to 
thrift.     Timon  of  Athens,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

15 

Unquestion'd  welcome  and  undoubted  blest. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Thou  art  thy  mother's  glass,  and  she  in  thee 
Calls  back  the  lovely  April  of  her  prime  ; 
So  thou  through  windows  of  thine  age  shalt 

see 

Despite  of  wrinkles  this  thy  golden  time. 

Sonnet  in. 


Let's  carry  with  us  ears  and  eyes  for  the  time, 
But  hearts  for  the  event. 

Coriolanus,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
They  say  best  men  are  moulded  out  of  faults. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
She  taketh    most  delight  in  music  instru- 
ments, and  poetry. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

17 

Neither  a  borrower  nor  a  lender  be ; 
For  loan  oft  loses  both  itself  and  friend, 
And  borrowing  dulls  the  edge  of  husbandry. 
Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Yet  I  do  fear  thy  nature, 
It  is  too  full  o'  the  milk  of  human  kindness. 
Macbeth,  Act  I.  Sc.  5. 

ifefcuavg  18 

That  what  we  have  we  prize  not  to  the  worth 
Whiles  we  enjoy  it,  but  being  lack'd  and  lost, 
Why,  then  we  rack  the  value,  then  we  find 
The  virtue  that  possession  would  not  show  us 
Whiles  it  was  ours. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
My  bosom  is  full  of  kindness. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


20  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

19 


I  would  applaud  thee  to  the  very  echo, 
That  should  applaud  agaia. 

Macbeth,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

O  ye  gods,  ^ 

Render  me  worthy  of  this  noble  wife  ! 
Julius  Ccesar,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


20 


Constant  you  are, 
But  yet  a  woman,  and  for  secrecy 
No  lady  closer,  for  I  well  believe 
Thou  wilt  not  utter  what  thou  dost  not  know. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  HI.  Sc.  3. 


21 


....  This  honest  creature  doubtless 
Sees  and  knows  more,  much  more  than  he 
unfolds. 

Othello,  Act  HI.  Sc.  3. 

Some  are  born  great,  some  achieve  great- 
ness, and  some  have  greatness  thrown  upon 
them. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  v.  Sc.  1  . 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  21 

22 


Valiant  as  a  lion, 

And  wondrous  affable,  and  as  bountiful 
As  mines  of  India. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

I  this  infer,  — 

That  many  things,  having  full  reference 
To  one  consent,  may  work  contrariously. 
Henry  V.  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

23 

She  was  the  sweet  marjoram  of  the  salad, 
or  rather,  the  herb  of  grace. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

Our  wills  and  fates  do  so  contrary  run 
That  our  devices  still  are  overthrown  ; 
Our  thoughts  are  ours,  their  ends  none  of  our 
own.  Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

24 

O,  he's  the  very  soul  of  bounty. 

Timon  of  Athens,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

"What's  in  a  name  ?     That  which  we  call  a 

rose, 

By  any  other  name  would  smell  as  sweet. 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

Sleeping  neglection  doth  betray  to  loss. 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 


22  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

25 


The  God  of  heaven 
Both  now  and  ever  bless  her  ! 

Henry  VIIL  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Strong  reasons  make  strong  actions. 

King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

Thy  greatest  help  is  quiet,  gentle  Nell. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act.  n.  Sc.  4. 

26 

Ay,  me  !  for  aught  that  I  could  ever  read, 
Could  ever  hear  by  tale  or  history, 
The  course  of  true  love  never  did  run  smooth. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
To  revenge  is  no  valour,  but  to  bear. 
Timon  of  Athens,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


27 


And  I  feel  within  me 
A  peace  above  all  earthly  dignities, 
A  still  and  quiet  conscience  .... 
My  hopes  in  heaven  do  dwell. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

I  must  have  patience  to  endure  the  load. 
Richard  III.  Act  in.  Sc.  7. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  23 

28 


Who  is  it  that  says  most?  which  can  say  more 
Than  this  rich  praise,  that  you  alone  are  you? 
Sonnet  LXXXIV. 

A  kind  overflow  of  kindness  :  there  are  no 
faces  truer  than  those  that  are  so  washed. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

5eflruar£  29 

He  is  a  very  man  per  se,  and  stands  alone. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 
Truth  needs  no  colour  —  Beauty  no  pencil. 

Sonnet  ci. 

Jaq.     By  my  troth,  I  was  seeking  for  a 
fool  when  I  found  you. 

OrL     He  is  drowned   in  the  brook,  look 
but  in  and  you  shall  see  him. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


24  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


For  there  is  nothing  either  good  or  bad, 
but  thinking  makes  it  so. 

Hamlet,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 
Virtue  is  bold,  and  goodness  never  fearful. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
Which  is  the  side  that  I  must  go  withal  ? 
I  am  with  both. 

King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


God  has  given  you  one  face,  and  you  make 
yourselves  another. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Those  friends  thou  hast,  and  their  adoption 

tried, 

Grapple  them  to  thy  soul  with  hoops  of  steel. 
Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

(ttXai*$  3 

Be  sure  of  this, 
What  I  can  nelp  thee  to  thou  shalt  not  miss. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 
Be  stirring  as  the  time  ;  be  fire  with  fire  ; 

.........  so  shall  inferior  eyes 

Grow  great  by  your  example,  and  put  on 
The  dauntless  spirit  of  resolution. 

King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  25 


I  know  no  ways  to  mince  it  in  love,  but 
directly  to  say  —  I  love  you. 

Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
Doubt  thou  the  stars  are  fire  ; 

Doubt  that  the  sun  doth  move  ; 
Doubt  truth  to  be  a  liar  ; 
But  never  doubt  I  love. 

Hamlet,  Act  u.  Sc.  2. 


I  will  chide  no  breather  in  the  world  but 
myself,  against  whom  I  know  most  faults. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Thus,  Indian-like, 
Religious  in  mine  error,  I  adore. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 


But  I  am  constant  as  the  northern  star, 
Of  whose  true-fix'd  and  resting  quality 
There  is  no  fellow  in  the  firmament. 

Julius  Caesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

She's  a  good  creature. 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 


26  THROUGH    THE    YEAE 


Let  myself  and  fortune 
Tug  for  the  time  to  come. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

I  do  not  know  that  Englishman  alive 
With  whom  my  soul  is  any  jot  at  odds. 
Richard  III.  Act  II.  Sc.  1. 

QHatc#  8 

I  cannot  hide  what  I  am. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 
What,  gone  without  a  word  ? 
Ay,  so  true  love  should  do  :  it  cannot  speak  ; 
For  truth  hath  better  deeds  than  words  to 

grace  it. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona..  Act  II.  Sc.  2. 
Thou  shouldst  not  have  been  old  till  thou 
hadst  been  wise.    King  Lear,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 
(tttarc$  9 


Men  shall  deal  unadvisedly  sometimes, 
Which  after  hours  give  leisure  to  repent. 
Richard  III.  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

Our  contentment  is  our  best  having. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  27 

10 


I  swear  he  is  truehearted,  and  a  soul 
None  better  in  my  kingdom. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

They  have  seemed  to  be  together,  though 
absent  ;  shook  hands,  as  over  a  vast. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  I.  Sc.  1  . 


Cannot  a  plain  man  live,  and  think  no  harm  ? 
Richard  III.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

Well,  I  am  not  fair  ;  and  therefore  I  pray 
the  gods  make  me  honest. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

A  double  blessing  is  a  double  grace. 
Hamlet,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

12 


Your  gentleness  shall  force 
More  than  your  force  move  us  to  gentleness. 

As  Ton  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  7. 
Truth  hath  a  quiet  breast. 

Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

The  gentleman  is   full  of  virtue,  bounty, 
worth  and  qualities. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


28  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

(tttarc$  13 

And  yet,  good  faith,  I  wish'd  myself  a  man, 
Or  that  we  women  had  men's  privilege 
Of  speaking  first. 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Let  men  take  heed  of  their  company. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
If  it  were  done  when  'tis  done,  then  'twere  well 
It  were  done  quickly. 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  7. 

14 


O,  that  a  man  might  know 
The  end  of  this  day's  business  ere  it  come  ! 
But  it  sufficeth  that  the  day  will  end, 
And  then  the  end  is  known. 

Julius  Caesar,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Kindness  in  women,   not  their  beauteous 
looks,  shall  win  my  love. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

15 


She  is  an  earthly  paragon. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

If  he  serve  God, 
We'll  serve  Him  too,  and  be  his  fellow  so. 

Richard  II.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Time  is  the  king  of  men, 
He's  both  their  parent,  and  he  is  their  grave, 
And  gives  them  what  he  will,  not  what  they 
crave.  Pericles,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARK  29 

(jnat*0  16 

You  have  deserved 

High  commendation,  true  applause,  and  love. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

New  customs, 

Though  they  be  never  so  ridiculous, 
2say,  let  'em  be  unmanly,  yet  are  followed. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

OUawf  IT 

For  I  profess  not  talking ;  only  this  — 
Let  each  man  do  his  best. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

That  ever  this  fellow  should  have  fewer 
words  than  a  parrot,  and  yet  the  son  of  a 
woman  ! 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  II.  Sc.  4. 

(ntar<;$  18 

How  oft  the  sight  of  means  to  do  ill  deeds 
Make  deeds  ill  done. 

King  John,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 
O  time  !  thou  must  untangle  this,  not  I ; 
It  is  too  hard  a  knot  for  me  to  untie  ! 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  11.  Sc.  2. 
Why  should  a  man  be  proud  ?     How  doth 
pride  grow?     I  know  not  what  pride  is. 

Troihis  and  Cressida,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


30  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

19 

There's  a  special  providence  in  the  fall  of 
a  sparrow.  Hamlet,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

He  reads  much  ; 

He  is  a  great  observer  and  he  looks 
Quite  through  the  deeds  of  men. 

Julius  Caesar,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

Society  is  no  comfort  to  one  not  sociable. 

Cymbeline,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

20 

Nothing  do  I  see  in  you 
That  I  can  find  should  merit  any  hate. 
King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

But  where  the  greater  malady  is  fixed, 
The  lesser  is  scarce  felt 

King  Lear,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

Qn<xt*0  21 

Love,  give  me  strength !  and  strength  shall 
help  afford. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 
Amen,  if  you  love, her,  for  the  lady  is  very 
well  worthy. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 
In  the  world  I  fill  up  a  place,  which  may 
be   better    supplied    when    I   have   made    it 
empty.  As  You  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  31 

22 


Happy  them  art  not  ; 
For  what  thou  hast  not,  still  thou  strivest  to 

get, 
And  what  thou  hast,  forget'st. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
And  seek  for  sorrow  with  thy  spectacles. 
Second  fart  of  Henry  VI.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

23 

And  those  about  her 

From   her   shall   read   the    perfect  ways   of 
honour. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

Fortune  reigns  in  gifts  of  the  world,  not  in 
the  lineaments  of  nature. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


Why,  what's  the  matter, 
That  you  have  such  a  February  face, 
So  full  of  frost,  of  storm,  and  cloudiness  ? 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 

What's  gone  and  what's  past  help 
Should  be  past  grief. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


32  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

25 


Sir,  I  am  a  true  labourer,  I  earn  that  I  get, 
get  that  I  wear,  owe  no  man  hate,  envy  no 
man's  happiness. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Sweet  flowers  are  slow,  and  weeds  make  haste. 
Richard  III.  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 


26 


What  touches  us  ourself  should  be  last  served. 
Julius  Gcesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

He  is  no  less  than  what  we  say  he  is. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 


27 

The  means  that  Heaven  yields  must  be  em- 

braced, 

And  not  neglected  ;  else,  if  Heaven  would 
And  we  will  not,  Heaven's  offer  we  refuse, 
The  proffered  means  of  succour  and  redress. 

Richard  II.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
A  man  of  good  repute,  carriage,  bearing 
and  estimation. 

Love's  Labour's  Lost^  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  33 

(TUarc^  28 

I  remember  him  well,  and  I  remember  him 
worthy  of  thy  praise. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

Love  sought  is  good,  but  given  unsought  is 
better.     Twelfth  Night,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Methinks  thou  art  more  honest  now  than  wise. 
Timon  of  Athens,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

29 


As  much  good  stay  with  thee  as  go  with  me. 
Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

In  faith  honest  as  the  skin  between  his  brows. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


30 

What  stature  is  she  of  ? 
Just  as  high  as  my  heart. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
He  hath  an  excellent  good  name. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
Every  why  hath  a  wherefore. 

Comedy  of  Errors,  Act  II.  Sc.  2. 


34  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

31 


I  am  amazed,  methinks,  and  lose  my  way 
Among  the  thorns  and  dangers  of  this  world. 
King  John,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

It  pleases  time  and  fortune  to  lie  heavy 
Upon  a  friend  of  mine,  who,  in  hot  blood, 
Hath  stepp'd  into  the  law,  which  is  past  depth 
To  those  that,  without  heed,  do  plunge  into't. 
Timon  of  Athens,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  35 

Qyvit  1 

Thou  art  e'en  as  just  a  man 
As  e'er  my  conversation  coped  withal. 
Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Many  days  shall  see  her, 
And  yet  no  day  without  a  deed  to  crown  it. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 
Death  lies  on  her  like  an  untimely  frost 
Upon  the  sweetest  flower  of  all  the  field.  .  . 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

2 


For  a  light  heart  lives  long. 
Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

When  I  said  I  would  die  a  bachelor,  I  did 
not  think  I  should  live  till  I  were  married. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


3 

We  are  such  stuff 

As  dreams  are  made  on  ;  and  our  little  life 
Is  rounded  with  a  sleep. 

Tempest,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

I  could  have  better  spared  a  better  man. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 

I  am  not  lean  enough  to  be  thought  a  good 
student!  Twelfth  Night,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


36  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


While  I  remain  above  the  ground,  you  shall 
Hear  from  me  still,  and  never  of  me  aught 
But  what  is  like  me  formerly. 

Coriolanus,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 
The  gentleness  of  all  the  gods  go  with  thee. 
Twelfth  Night,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


How  far  can  I  praise  him  ? 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
He  was  a  scholar,  and  a  ripe  good  one. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

That  we  would  do, 

We    should   do    when  we    would  ;    for    this 
"  would  "  changes. 

Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  8. 


Not  fearing  death,  nor  shrinking  for  distress, 
But  always  resolute  in  most  extremes. 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  IV.  Sc.  2. 

But  how  long  fairly  shall  her  sweet  life  last  ? 
So  long  as  Heaven,  and  Nature  lengthens  it. 
Richard  III.  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  37 


More  is  thy  due  than  more  than  all  can  pay. 
Macbeth,  Act  I.  Sc.  4. 

By  my  troth,  Xerissa,    my  little    body  is 
a-weary  of  this  great  world. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

Life  is  as  tedious  as  a  twice-told  tale. 
King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

8 

So  grace  and  mercy  at  your  most  need  help 
you. 

Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

Every  time  serves  for  the  matter  that   is 
then  born  in  it. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 


Holy,  fair,  and  wise  is  she. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 
I  charge  thee,  fling  away  ambition  : 
By  that    sin  fell  the  angels  ;  how  can  man, 

then, 
The  image  of  his  Maker,  hope  to  win  by  it  ? 

Henry  VIII.  Act  ill.  Sc.  2. 
Thou  art  in  a  parlous  state,  shepherd  ! 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


38  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

f  10 


Our    kindred,    though    they   be    long    ere 
they  are  wooed,  they  are  constant  being  won. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

I  am  as  honest  as  any  man  living  that    is 
an  old  man,  and  no  honester  than  I. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


11 

Most  prudent,  of  an  excellent 
And  unmatched  wit  and  judgment. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  II.  Sc.  4. 

Time  hath,  my  lord,  a  wallet  at  his  back, 
Wherein  he  puts  alms  for  oblivion, 
A  great-sized  monster  of  ingratitudes. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,   Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


12 


A  learned  spirit,  of  human  dealings. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

If  all  the  year  were  playing  holidays, 
To  sport  would  be  as  tedious  as  to  work  ; 
But  when  they  seldom  come,  they  wished  for 

come. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  39 

if  13 


I  do  believe  you  think  what  now  you  speak  ; 
But  what  we  do  determine  oft  we  break. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Frame  your  mind  to  mirth  and  merriment, 
Which  bars  a  thousand  harms  and  lengthens 
life. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


A  merrier  man, 

Within  the  limit  of  becoming  mirth, 
I  never  spent  an  hour's  talk  withal. 
Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Experience  is  by  industry  achieved, 
And  perfected  by  the  swift  course  of  time. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

15 

This  above  all,  to  thine  own  self  be  true, 

And  it  must  follow  as  the  night  the  day, 

Thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man. 

Hamlet,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

The  mind  much  sufferance  doth  6'erskip, 
When  grief  hath  mates,  and  bearing  fellow- 
ship. 

King  Lear,  Act  in.  Sc.  6. 


40  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

16 


Are  these  things  then  necessities  ? 
Then  let  us  meet  them  like  necessities. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

I  embrace  this  fortune  patiently, 

Since,  not  to  be  avoided,  it  falls  on  me. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 


tf  IT 

This  happy  breed  of  men,  this  little  world, 
This  precious  stone  set  in  the  silver  sea, 
This  land  of  such  dear  souls,  this  dear,  dear 

land.  Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Where'er  I  wander,  boast  of  this  I  can, 
Though   banished,  yet   a  true-born  English- 

man. Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

But  here's  the  joy,  my  friend  and  I  are  one. 

Sonnet  XLil. 
18 


God's  benison  go  with  you  ;  and  with  those 
That  would  make  good  of  bad,  and  friends  of 
foes  !  Macbeth,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

An  angel  is  like  you,  Kate,  and  you  are  like 
an  angel.  Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

Sit  by  my  side,  and  let  the  world  slip  ;  we 
shall  ne'er  be  younger. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPKARK  41 

f  19 


A  soldier  firm  and  sound  of  heart. 

Henry   V.  Act  in.  Sc.  6. 
Truth  shall  nurse  her, 

Holy  and  heavenly  thoughts  still  counsel  her: 
She  shall  be  loved  and  feared  :  her  own  shall 
bless  her.     Henry   VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

Of  many  good  I  think  him  best. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

(&prif  20 

We  are  not  the  first 

Who,  with  best  meaning,  have  incurred  the 
worst.  King  Lear,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

O  father  abbot, 

An  old  man,  broken  with  the  storms  of  state, 
Is  come  to  lay  his  weary  bones  among  ye  ; 
Give  him  a  little  earth  for  charity  ! 

Henry   VIII.  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

if  21 


Welcome  hither,  as  i.s  the  spring  to  the  earth. 
Winters  Tale,  Act  V.  Sc.  1. 

He  was  too  good  to  be  where  ill  men  were  ; 
and  was  the  best  of  all  amongst  the  rarest  of 
good  ones.  Cymbeline,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

.  .  .  Take  arms  against  a  sea  of  troubles, 
And  by  opposing  end  them. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


42  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

dlptif  22 

There  are  more  things  in  heaven  and  earth 
Than  are  dreamt  of  in  your  philosophy. 

Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

He  loves  his  own  barn  better  than  he  loves 
our  house. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
There's  little  of  the  melancholy  element  in 
her  ! 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  II.  Sc.  1. 
23 


The  good  I  stand  on  is  my  truth  and  honesty  : 

....  I  fear  nothing 
What  can  be  said  against  me. 

Henry   VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

....  What  I  can  redress, 

As  I  shall  find  the  time  to,  friend,  I  will. 

Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 


Let  me  be  ignorant,  and  in  nothing  good, 
But  graciously  to  know  I  am  no  better. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

....  I  know  the  gentleman 
To  be  of  worth  and  worthy  estimation, 
And  not  without  desert  so  well  reputed. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  II.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  43 

($?rtf  25 

Still  in  thy  right  hand  carry  gentle  peace, 
To  silence  envious  tongues. 

Henry  VIIL  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
And  she  is  fair,  and,  fairer  than  that  word, 
Of  wondrous  virtues. 

Merchant  of  Venice^  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

In  thy  face  I  see 

The  map  of  honour,  truth,  and  loyalty. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VL  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

26 


Here  is  a  dear,  a  true  industrious  friend. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

And  but  he's  something  stained  with  grief 
(that's  beauty's  canker),  thou  might'st  call 
him  a  goodly  person. 

Tempest,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 


27 


The  world  is  full  of  rubs. 

Richard  If.  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 
This  world  is  not  for  aye. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Since  the  affairs  of  men  rest  still  uncertain, 
Let's  reason  with  the  worst  that  may  befall. 
Julius  Ccesar,  Act  v.  Sc.  i. 


44  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

28 


His  life  was  gentle,  and  the  elements 
So  mix'd  in  him  that  Nature  might  stand  up 
And  say  to  all  the  world,  '  This  was  a  man  !  ' 
Julius  Caesar,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

She  bore  a  mind  that  envy  could  not  but 
call  fair. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

(gprif  29 

Honour,  riches,  marriage-blessing, 
Long  continuance,  and  increasing, 
Hourly  joys  be  still  upon  you  ! 
Juno  sings  her  blessings  on  you. 

Tempest,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

God  be  wi'  you,  with  all  my  heart. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

®?M  30 

Be  that  you  seem,  truly  your  country's  friend, 
And  temperately  proceed  to  what  you  would. 
Coriolanus,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

"Why,  nothing  comes  amiss,  so  money  comes 
withal. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

Full  of  wise  saws  and  modern  instances. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  7. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  45 

1 


All  happiness  bechance  to  thee  ! 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

If  we  do  now  make  our  atonement  well 
Our  peace  will,  like  a  broken  limb  united, 
Grow  stronger  for  the  breaking. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  IV.  Sc.  1. 


"Who  steals  my  purse  steals  trash  ; 

'Twas  mine,  'tis  his,  and  has  been   slave  to 

thousands  ; 

But  he  that  filches  from  me  my  good  name 
Robs  me  of  that  which  not  enriches  him 
And  makes  me  poor  indeed. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  '2. 


3 


He  was  gentle  but  unfortunate  ; 
Dishonestly  afflicted,  but  yet  honest. 

Cymbeline,  Act  IV.  Sc.  2. 

What  cannot  be  avoided, 
'Twere  childish  weakness  to  lament  or  fear. 
Third  Part  of  Henry   VI.  Act.  v.  Sc.  4. 


46  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


All  the  courses  of  my  life  do  show 
I  am  not  in  the  roll  of  common  men. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  Hi.  Sc.  1. 

More  such  days  as  these  to  us  befall  ! 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

O  call  back  yesterday,  bid  time  return. 
Richard  II.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


Is  she  kind  as  she  is  fair  ? 

For  beauty  lives  with  kindness. 
Love  doth  to  her  eyes  repair, 

To  help  him  of  his  blindness, 

And,  being  help'd,  inhabits  there. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona*  Activ.  Sc.  1. 


I  never  did  repent  for  doing  good. 
Nor  shall  not  now. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 
Sleep  that  knits  up  the  ravell'd  sleeve  of  care, 
The  death  of  each  day's  life,  sore  labour's  bath, 
Balm  of  hurt  minds,   great  nature's  second 

course, 
Chief  nourisher  in  life's  feast. 

Macbeth,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


AVITII    SHAKESPEARE  47 

(Wat  T 

Thou  seest  we  are  not  all  alone  unhappy  : 
This  wide  and  universal  theatre 
Presents  more  woeful  pageants  than  the  scene 
Wherein  we  play  jn. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  II.  Sc.  7. 

It  never  yet  did  hurt 

To  lay  down  likelihoods  and  forms  of  hope. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

(Way  8 

How  poor  are  they  that  have  no  patience  ! 
What  wound  did  ever  heal  but  by  degrees  ? 
Othello,  Act  ii.  Sc.  3. 

To  be  in  anger  is  impiety  ; 

But  who  is  man  that  is  not  angry  ? 

Tirnon  of  Athens,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


.  .  .  All  of  us  have  cause 
To  wail  the  dimming  of  our  shining  star  : 
But  none  can  cure  their  harms    by  wailing 
them.  Richard  III.  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

I  cannot  flatter  ;  I  do  defy 
The  tongues  of  soothers  ;  but  a  braver  place 
In  my  heart's  love  hath  no  man  than  your- 

self. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  IV.  Sc.  1. 


48  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

10 


Altogether  directed  by  an  Irishman  ;  a  very- 
valiant  gentleman,  i'  faith. 

Henry  V.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

"Tis  not  enough  to  help  the  feeble  up, 
But  to  support  him  after.     Fare  you  well. 
All  happiness  to  your  honour  ! 

Timon  of  Athens,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


11 

Fair  thoughts  and  happy  hours  attend  on  you! 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 
I  very  well  agree  with  you  in  the  hopes  of 
him  :  it  is  a  gallant  child  ;  one  that  indeed 
physics  the  subject,  makes  old  hearts  fresh. 
Winter's  Tale,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

...  A  true  knight, 
Not  yet  mature,  but  matchless. 
Troilus  and  Cress  ida,  Act  IV.  Sc.  5. 

12 


Nature,  what  things  there  are, 
Most  abject  in  regard  and  dear  in  use  ! 
What  things  again  most  dear  in  the  esteem 

O  O 

And  poor  in  worth  ! 

Troilus  and  Cress  ida,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

And   now  am  I,  if   a  man  should   speak 
truly,  little  better  than  one  of  the  wicked. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


Wain  pomp  anb 


of  tbts  world, 

1  bate  ge  ! 


KINO  HENRV  VIII. 


WITH    SHAKKSPEAKE  49 

13 


From  lowest  place  when  virtuous  things  pro- 

ceed, 

The  place  is  dignified  by  the  doer's  deed. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

He  that  wants  money,  means,  and  content, 
is  without  three  good  friends. 

As  You  Like  ft,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


He  hath  a  heart  as  sound  as  a  bell,  and  his 
tongue  is  the  clapper  ;  for  what  his  heart 
thinks  his  tongue  speaks. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Sir,  as  I  have  a  soul,  she  is  an  angel. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

(nta^  15 

My  gentle  lady, 

I  wish  you  all  the  joy  that  you  can  wish. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  in.   Sc.  2. 

O,  while  you  live,  tell   truth  and  shame  the 

devil. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Here's  metal  more  attractive. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


50  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

16 


The  air  of  Paradise  did  fan  the  house, 
And  angels  officed  all. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Ample  interchange  of  sweet  discourse 
Which  so  long  sundered  friends  should  dwell 
upon.  Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 


17 


Charmian.     Good  sir,  give  me  good  fortune. 
Soothsayer.     I  make  not,  but  foresee. 
Char.     Pray,  then,  foresee  me  one. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

Hast  any  philosophy  in  thee,  shepherd  ? 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


Words  are  easy,  like  the  wind  ; 
Faithful  friends  are  hard  to  find. 

Sundry  Sonnets,  xxi. 

Small  cheer  and  great  welcome  make  a  merry 
feast. 

Comedy  of  Errors,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
When  you  looked  sadly  it  was  for  want  of 

money. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  1  . 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  51 

19 


The  clock  upbraids  me  with  the  waste  of  time. 
Twelfth  Night,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

The  time  of  life  is  short  ! 
To  spend  that  shortness  basely  were  too  long, 
If  life  did  ride  upon  a  dial's  point, 
Still  ending  at  the  arrival  of  an  hour. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

(Wa^  20 

'Tis  in  ourselves  that  we  are  thus  or  thus. 
Our  bodies  are  our  gardens,  to  the  which  our 
wills  are  gardeners  ;  so  that  if  we  will  plant 
nettles,  or  sow  lettuce,  set  hyssop  and  weed 
up  thyme,  .  .  .  have  it  sterile  with  idleness, 
or  manured  with  industry,  why,  the  power 
and  corrigible  authority  of  this  lies  in  our 
wills.  Othello,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

21 

When  remedies  are  past,  the  griefs  are  ended 
By   seeing   the  worst,  which  late  on   hopes 
depended. 

Othello,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Alack,  when  once  our  grace  we  have  forgot, 
Nothing  goes  right  ;  we  would,  and  we  would 
not. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  IV.  Sc.  4. 


52  THROUGH   THE   YEAR 

22 


I  am  the  very  pink  of  courtesy. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

The  earth  hath  bubbles,  as  the  water  has, 
And  these  are  of  them. 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Stop  up  the  access  and  passage  to  remorse. 
Macbeth,  Act  I.  Sc.  5. 


.  .  .  My  way  of  life 
Is  fall'n  into  the  sear,  the  yellow  leaf. 
Macbeth,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Fate,  show  thy  force  :  ourselves  we  do  not 

owe  ; 

What  is  decreed  must  be,  and  be  this  so. 
Twelfth  Night,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

2* 

I  am  sure  care's  an  enemy  to  life. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Be  merry  ;  you  have  cause, 
So  have  we  all,  of  joy  ;  for  our  escape 
Is  much  beyond  our  loss  ..... 

Then  wisely  weigh 
Our  sorrow  with  our  comfort. 

Tempest,  Act  u.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  53 

25 


I  am  a  man 

More  sinn'd  against  than  sinning. 

King  Lear,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

But  nature  never  framed  a  woman's  heart 
Of  prouder  stuff  than  that  of  Beatrice. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


26 

I'll  note  you  in  my  book  of  memory. 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

The  spirit  of  the  time  shall  teach  me  speed. 
King  John,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

I  am  not  merry  ;  but  I  do  beguile 
The  thing  I  am,  by  seeming  otherwise. 
*  Othello,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

27 


God  in  heaven  bless  thee  ! 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

How  far  that  little  candle  throws  his  beams  ! 
So  shines  a  good  deed  in  a  naughty  world. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  v.  Sc.  1  . 

Care  is  no  cure,  but  rather  corrosive 
For  things  that  are  not  to  be  remedied. 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


54  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

QJU£  28 

I  come  not,  friends,  to  steal  away  your  hearts  : 

I  am  no  orator,  as  Brutus  is  ; 

But,   as   you    know    me   all,    a    plain    blunt 

man,  .  .  . 

For  I  have  neither  wit,  nor  words,  nor  worth, 
Action,    nor   utterance,    nor    the    power    of 

speech, 

To  stir  men's  blood  :  I  only  speak  right  on. 
Julius  Ccesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

29 


When  love  begins  to  sicken  and  decay, 
It  useth  an  enforced  ceremony. 
There  are  no  tricks  in  plain  and  simple  faith. 
Julius  CfBsar,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

Why  should  I  then  be  false,  since  it  is  true 
That  I   must  die   here   and   live   hence  by 
truth  ?  King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 

(YUa^  30 

She  that  was  ever  fair  and  never  proud, 
Had  tongue  at  will,  and  yet  was  never  loud, 
Never  lack'd  gold,  and  yet  went  never  gay, 

She  that  being  anger'd,  her  revenge  being  nigh, 
Bade  her  wrong   stay,  and   her   displeasure 

fly.  *  Othello,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

A  good  man's  fortune  may  grow  out  at  heels. 
King  Lear,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  55 

(W^  31 

Do   as  the  heavens  have  done,  forget  your 

evil ; 
With  them  forgive  yourself. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Whereto  serves  mercy 
But  to  confront  the  visage  of  offence  ? 
And  what's  in  prayer  but  this  two-fold  force, 
To  be  forestalled  ere  we  come  to  fall, 
Or   pardon'd  being  down  ?     Then  I'll   look 

up: 
My   fault   is   past.     But,  O,  what  form   of 

prayer 
Can  serve  my  turn  ? 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


56  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


Ah,  countrymen  !    if    when  you  make  your 

prayers 

God  should  be  so  obdurate  as  yourselves, 
How  would  it  fare  with  your  departed  souls  ? 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  7. 

She  looks  as  clear 

As  morning  roses  newly  washed  with  dew. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


But  Heaven  hath  a  hand  in  these  events, 
To  whose  high  will  we  bound  our  calm  con- 
tents. Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

What  Heaven  more  will, 
That  thee  may  furnish  and  my  prayers  pluck 

down, 
Fall  on  thy  head  ! 

Alf  s  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

3une  3 

But  He,  that  hath  the  steerage  of  my  course, 
Direct  my  sail  ! 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  I.  Sc.  4. 

Let  all  the  number  of  the  stars  give  light 
To  thy  fair  way  ! 

Antony  and  Cleopatra^  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

High  sparks  of  honour  in  thee  have  I  seen. 
Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 


WITH    SHAKKSPEARE  57 


You  have  too  much  respect  upon  the  world, 
They  lose  it  that  do  buy  it  with  much  care. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

Such  duty  as  the  subject  owes  the  prince, 
Even  such  a  woman  oweth  to  her  husband. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 


We  will  not  stand  to  prate  ; 
Talkers  are  no  good  doers  ;  be  assured 
We   come  to  use    our   hands    and   not   our 
tongues.        Richard  III.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

But,  in  the  verity  of  extolment, 
I  take  him  to  be  a  soul  of  great  article. 
Hamlet,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 


God    bless    thee  ;  and    put  meekness  in  thy 

mind, 
Love,  charity,  obedience,  and  true  duty  ! 

Richard  III.  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

I  hold  it  cowardice- 

To  rest  mistrustful  where  a  noble  heart 
Hath  pawn'd  an  open  hand  in  sign  of  love. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


58  THROUGH    THE    TEAR 

3une  7 

Your  fair  discourse  hath  been  as  sugar, 
Making  the  hard  way  sweet  and  delectable. 

Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

I  am  as  poor  as  Job,  but  not  so  patient. 

Second  Part  of  Henry  IV,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

Fast  bind,  fast  find ; 

A  proverb  never  stale  in  thrifty  rnind. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  II.  Sc.  5. 

3une  8 

You  were  born  under  a  charitable  star. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 
O,  mickle  is  the  powerful  grace  that  lies 
In  herbs,  plants,  stones,  and  their  true  quali- 
ties.    Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
And  you  all  know  security 
Is  mortal's  chiefest  enemy. 

Macbeth,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


He  that  of  greatest  works  is  finisher 
Oft  does  them  by  the  weakest  minister. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Win  straying  souls  .... 
Cast  none  away. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  59 

10 


Duty  never  yet  did  want  his  meed. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

O,  two  such  silver  currents,  when  they  join, 
Do  glorify  the  banks  that  bound  them  in. 
King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Nothing  'gainst  Time's  scythe  can  make  de- 
fence. Sonnet  xn. 


Who  is't  can  say  '  I  am  at  the  worst  ?  ' 
King  Lear,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Each  day  still  better  other's  happiness  ; 
Until  the  heavens,  envying  earth's  good  hap, 
Add  an  immortal  title  to  your  crown  ! 

Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 


12 


He  hath  songs  for  man  or  woman  of  all  sizes. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 
Friendship  is  constant  in  all  other  things 
Save  in  the  office  and  affairs  of  love  : 
Therefore  all  hearts  in  love  use  their  own 

tongues  ; 

Let  every  eye  negotiate  for  itself, 
And  trust  no  agent. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


60  THROUGH    THE   YEAR 

13 


Whose  star-like  nobleness  gave  life  and  influ- 

ence 
To  their  whole  being! 

Timon  of  Athens,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

In  maiden  meditation  fancy  free. 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Show  boldness  and  aspiring  confidence. 

King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


Ignorance  is  the  curse  of  God, 
Knowledge  the   wing   wherewith  we   fly  to 

heaven. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act.  iv.  Sc.  7. 

But  I  thought  there  was  more  in  him  than 
I  could  think. 

Coriolanus,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 


15 


When  fortune  means  to  men  most  good, 
She  looks  upon  them  with  a  threatening  eye. 
King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

Bright  star  of  Venus  fall'n  down  on  the  earth, 
How  may  I  reverently  worship  thee  enough  ? 
First  Part  of  Henry  VL  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  61 

3une  16 

God  be  praised,  that  to  believing  souls 
Gives  light  in  darkness,  comfort  in  despair  ! 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  II.  Sc.  1. 

Thou  hast  a  perfect  thought  : 
I  will  upon  all  hazards  well  believe 
Thou  art  my  friend,  that  know'st  my  tongue 
so  well.          King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  6. 


Think  of  me  as  you  please. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Therefore  was  I  created  with  a  stubborn 
outside,  with  an  aspect  of  iron. 

Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

The  strawberry  grows  underneath  the  nettle. 
Henry  V.  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

18 

He  hath  a  tear  for  pity,  and  a  hand 
Open  as  day  for  melting  charity. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

Take  my  blessing  :  God  protect  thee  ! 
Into  whose  hand  I  give  thy  life.  .  .  . 

When  I  am  in  heaven  I  shall  desire 
To  see  what  this  child  does,  and  praise  my 
Maker.        Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 


62  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

19 


True  hope  is  swift,  and  flies  with  swallow's 

wings  ; 
Kings  it  makes  gods,  and  meaner  creatures 

kings.  Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

Mine  eyes 

Were  not  in  fault,  for  she  was  beautiful. 
Cymbeline,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

^une  20 

Thrice  is  he  armed  that  hath  his  quarrel  just. 

Second  Part  of  Henry  VL  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
The  man  that  hath  no  music  in  himself, 
Nor  is    not  moved  with   concord   of   sweet 

sounds, 

Is  fit  for  treasons,  stratagems,  and  spoils,  .  . 
Let  no  such  man  be  trusted. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

21 


Take  him  and  use  him  well,  he's  worthy  of  it. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

In  the  reproof  of  chance 
Lies  the  true  proof  of  men.  .  .  .  Even  so 
Doth  valour's  show  and  valour's  worth  divide 
In  storms  of  fortune. 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  63 

22 


Truth  hath  a  quiet  breast  .  .  . 
For  gnarliug  sorrow  hath  less  power  to  bite 
The  man  that  mocks  at  it  and  sets  it  light. 
Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Your  face,  my  thane,  is  as  a  book,  where  men 
May  read  strange  matters. 

Macbeth,  Act  I.  Sc.  5. 

3une  23 

...  I  do  not  think 

So  fair  an  outward  and  such  stuff  within 
Endows  a  man  but  he. 

Cymbeline,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 
The  better  part  of  valour  is  discretion. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 
When  the  sea  was  calm  all  boats  alike 
Show'd  mastership  in  floating. 

Coriolanus,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 
24 


The  strong  necessity  of  time  commands 
Our  services  awhile  ;  but  my  full  heart 
Remains  in  use  with  you. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act.  i.  Sc.  3. 

Is  it  possible  he  should  know  what  he  is 
and  be  that  he  is  ? 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


64  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

3une  25 

It  is  not  so  with  Him  that  all  things  knows, 
As    'tis  with    us    that  square   our  guess   by 

shows  ; 

But  most  it  is  presumption  in  us  when 
The  help  of  Heaven  we  count  the  act  of  men. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Nature  hath  formed  strange  fellows  in  her 
time.         Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

26 

To  be  merry  best  becomes  you  ;  for,  out  of 
question,  you  were  born  in  a  merry  hour. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

To  business  that  we  love  we  rise  betimes, 
and  go  to  't  with  delight. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  iv.  So,  4. 


Haply  I  think  on  thee,  and  then  my  state, 
Like  to  the  lark  at  break  of  day  arising 
From  sullen  earth,  sings  hymns  at  heaven's 
gate. 

Sonnet  xxix. 

I  do  profess  to  be  no  less  than  I  seem  ;  to 
serve  him  truly  that  will  put  me  in  trust. 

King  Lear,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 


3bou  art  tbe  armourer 
of 


beart. 


ANTONY  AND  CLEOPATRA 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  65 

28 


A  kind  heart  he  hath. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Act  ill.  Sc.  4. 

Wherever   the    bright    sun    of   heaven  shall 

shine, 

His  honour,  and  the  greatness  of  his  name, 
shall  be.       Henry  VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

Is  she  not  passing  fair  ? 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

3une  29 

But  thou  art  fair,  and  at  thy  birth,  dear  boy, 
Nature    and    Fortune   joined    to    make  thee 
great. 

King  John,  Act  ill.  Sc.  1. 

I  will  be  the  pattern  of  all  patience  :  I  will 
say  nothing. 

King  Lear,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

3une  30 

Bid  her  have  good  heart. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Then  let  us  teach  our  trial  patience, 
Because  it  is  a  customary  cross. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

Past  and  to  come  seems  best  ;  things  present 

worst. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  1  V,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 


66  THROUGH    THE    TEAR 


Whate'er  it  be,  be  thou  still  like  thyself, 
And  sit  thee  by  our  side  :  yield  not  thy  neck 
To  fortune's  yoke,  but  let  thy  dauntless  mind 
Still  ride  in  triumph  over  all  mischance. 

Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  m.  Sc.'S. 
What  stronger  breastplate  than  a  heart  un- 

tainted ? 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  m.  Sc.  2. 


At  all  times  alike 
Men  are  not  still  the  same  :  'twas  time  and 

griefs 
That  framed  him  thus  :  time,  with  his  fairer 

hand, 

Offering  the  fortunes  of  his  former  days, 
The  former  man  may  make  him. 

Timon  of  Athens,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

3 


And  having  sworn  truth,  ever  will  be  true. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 
....  Take  a  fellow  of  plain  and  uncoined 
constancy,  for  he  perforce  must  do  thee  right. 

Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
We  will  not  from  the  helm  to  sit  arid  weep, 
But  keep  our  course,  though  the  rough  wind 
say  no. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  67 


Hereafter  in  a  better  world  than  this, 
I  shall  desire  more  love  and   knowledge  of 
you.         As  You  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 
Of  very  reverend  reputation, 
Of  credit  infinite^  highly  beloved. 

Comedy  of  JZrrors,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
Sir,  I  praise  the  Lord  for  you  and  so  may 
my  parishioners. 

Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


Thyself  and  thy  belongings 
Are  not  thine  own  so  proper  as  to  waste 
Thyself  upon  thy  virtues,  they  on  thee. 
Heaven  doth  with  us  as  we  with  torches  do, 
Not  light  them  for  themselves  ;  for  if  our  vir- 

tues 

Did  not  go  forth  of  us,  'twere  all  alike 
As  if  we  had  them  not. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


We  must  take  the  current  when  it  serves, 
Or  lose  our  ventures. 

Julius  Ccesar,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

Thou  dost  conspire  against  thy  friend 

If  thou  but  think'st  him  wrong'd,  and  makest 

his  ear 
A  stranger  to  thy  thoughts. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


68  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


The  blessed  gods 

Purge  all  infection  from  our  air  whilst  you 
Do  climate  here  ! 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

He  makes  a  July's  day  short  as  December. 
Winter's  Tale,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 


I  have  bought 

Golden  opinions  from  all  sorts  of  people,  .  . 
I  dare  do  all  that  may  become  a  man  ; 
Who  dares  do  more  is  none. 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  7. 
The  sullen  passage  of  thy  weary  steps 
Esteem  as  foil  wherein  thou  art  to  set 
The  precious  jewel  of  thy  home  return. 
Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

9 


But  signs  of  nobleness,  like  stars,  shall  shine 
On  all  deservers. 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 

I  do  love  nothing  in  the  world  so  well  as 
you  :  is  not  that  strange  ? 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

But  men  are  men  ;  the  best  sometimes  forget. 
Othello,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  69 

3ufr  10 

I  am  ashamed  that  women  are  so  simple 

To  offer  war  where   they  should   kneel  for 

peace  ; 

Or  seek  for  rule,  supremacy,  and  sway, 
When  they  are  bound  to  serve,  love,  and  obey. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
Do  you  not  think  he  thinks  himself  a  better 
man  than  I  am  ? 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


The  report  of  her  is  extended  more  than 
can  be  thought  to  begin  from  such  a  cottage. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 
He  that  is  thy  friend  indeed, 
He  will  help  thee  in  thy  need. 

Sundry  Sonnets,  XXI. 
Meet  it  is  I  set  it  down, 
That  one  may  smile,  and  smile,  and  be  a  vil- 
lain. Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 


The  best  wishes  that  can  be  forged  in  your 
thoughts  be  servants  to  you. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

And  there  at  Venice  gave 
His  body  to  that  pleasant  country's  earth, 
And  his  pure  soul  unto  his  Captain  Christ, 
Under  whose  colours  he  had  fought  so  long. 
Richard  II.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


70  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


One  fire  burns  out  another's  burning, 
One  pain  is  lessen'd  by  another's  anguish. 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

For  to  be  wise  and  love 

Exceeds  man's  might  :  that  dwells  with  gods 
above. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

14, 

Joy,  gentle  friends  !    joy  and  fresh  days   of 

love 

Accompany  your  hearts  ! 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Though  it  appear  a  little  out  of  fashion, 
There  is  much  care  and  valour  in  this  Welsh- 
man. Henry  V.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

3"^  15 

'  God  save  the  Queen  !  ' 

Richard  III.  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

The  grace  of  Heaven 
Before,  behind  thee,  and  on  every  hand, 
Enwheel  thee  round  ! 

Othello,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

His  better  does  not  breathe  upon  the  earth. 
Richard  III.  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  71 

16 


Tis    a   lucky  day,    boy,  and  we'll    do  good 
deeds  on't. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

Pray  that  the  right  may  thrive. 

King  Lear,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

Trouble  being  gone,  comfort  should  remain. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 


They  say  you  are  a  melancholy  fellow. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  iv.  Sc.  i. 
Love  can  transpose  to  form  and  dignity  : 
Love  looks  not  with  the  eyes,  but  with  the 

mind  ; 

And  therefore  is  wing'd  Cupid  painted  blind. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  I.  Sc.  1  . 

Thou  art  as  wise  as  thou  art  beautiful. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


Good  fortune  guide  thee  ! 

Richard  III,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Of  your  philosophy  you  make  no  use, 
If  you  give  place  to  accidental  evils. 

Julius  Caesar,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

....  Welcome  ever  smiles, 
And  farewell  goes  out  sighing. 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

19 


What  I  can  do,  can  do  no  hurt  to  try. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

We  shall  try  fortune  in  a  second  fight. 
Julius  CcBsar,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

I  was  not  born  under  a  rhyming  planet, 
nor  I  cannot  woo  in  festival  terms. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

3ufr  20 

The  hand  that  made  you  fair  hath  made 
you  good. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Before  the  curing  of  a  strong  disease, 
Even  in  the  instant  of  repair  and  health, 
The  fit  is  strongest  ;  evils  that  take  leave, 
On  their  departure  most  of  all  show  evil. 
King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 


You  are  very  welcome  to  our  house. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
Like  as  the  waves  make  towards  the  pebbled 

shore, 

So  do  our  minutes  hasten  to  their  end ; 
Each  changing   place  with  that  which   goes 

before, 
In  sequent  toil  all  forwards  do  contend. 

Sonnet  LX. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  73 

22 


Led  on  by  Heaven,  and  crown'd  with  joy  at 

last.  Pericles,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

He's  truly  valiant  that  can  wisely  suffer. 
Timon  of  Athens,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 
Upon  this  day  she  was  both  pander,  butler, 

cook, 

Both  dame  and  servant  ;  welcomed  all,  served 
all.  Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 


But  Heaven  in  thy  creation  did  decree 
That  in  thy  face  sweet  love  should  ever  dwell. 

Sonnet  xciu. 

But,  O,  how  bitter  a  thing  it  is  to  look  into 
happiness  through  another  man's  eyes  ! 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
I  must  be  patient  till  the  heavens  look 
With  an  aspect  more  favourable. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  II.  Sc.  1. 


Mine  honour  is  my  life  ;  both  grown  in  one  ; 
Take  honour  from  me,  and  my  life  is  done. 
Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

And  creep  time  ne'er  so  slow, 
Yet  it  shall  come  for  me  to  do  thee  good. 
King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

God  hath  blessed  you  with  a  good  name. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


74  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

3«tfH  25 

But  I  had  not  so  much  of  man  in  me, 
And  all  my  mother  came  into  my  eyes 
And  gave  me  up  to  tears. 

Henry  V.  Act  iv.  Sc.  6. 
The  purest  treasure  mortal  times  afford 
Is  spotless  reputation. 

Richard  IL  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 
Sacred  and  sweet  was  all  I  saw  in  her. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

26 


Be  cheerful  ;  wipe  thine  eyes  : 
Some  falls  are  means  the  happier  to  arise. 
Cymbeline,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

The  bitter  past,  more  welcome  is  the  sweet. 
AlTs  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Say  what  thou  canst,   I'll  go  along  with  thee. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


Let's  further  think  of  this  ; 
W^eigh  what  convenience   both  of  time  and 

means 
May  fit  us  to  our  shape. 

Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  7. 

Striving  to  better,  oft  we  mar  what's  well. 
King  Lear,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  75 


I   am    a  man  whom  fortune  hath  cruelly 
scratched. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
So,  on  your  patience  evermore  attending, 
New  joy  wait  on  you. 

Pericles,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

I  would  not  wish 
Any  companion  in  the  world  but  you. 

Tempest,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


He  robs  himself  that  spends  a  bootless  grief. 
Othello,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

To  mourn  a  mischief  that  is  past  and  gone 

Is  the  next  way  to  draw  new  mischief  on. 

Othello,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

She  is  young,  and  of  a  noble,  modest  nature. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  IV.  Sc.  2. 

30 


There  be  many  Caesars 
Ere  such  another  Julius. 

Cymbeline,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Things  done  well, 

And  with  a  care,  exempt  themselves  from 
fear. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


76 


Gentle  thou  art,  and  therefore  to  be  won. 

Sonnet  XLII. 

This  oracle  of  comfort  has  so  pleased  me. 
Henry   VJII.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 
Old  fashions    please  me  best ;  I  am  not  so 

nice, 
To  change  true  rules  for  old  inventions. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  77 


But  'tis  strange  : 

And  oftentimes,  to  win  us  to  our  harm, 
The  instruments  of  darkness  tell  us  truths, 
Win  us  with  honest  trifles,  to  betray's 
In  deepest  consequence. 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Look,  he's  winding  up  the  watch  of  his  wit  ; 
by  and  by  it  will  strike. 

Tempest,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
2 


This  day 

Shall  change  all  griefs  and  quarrels  into  love. 
Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  "2. 

I  have  been  troubled  in  my  sleep  this  night, 
But  dawning  day  new  comfort  hath  inspired. 
Titus  Andronicus,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 


3 


Art  thou  afeard 

To  be  the  same  in  thine  own  act  and  valour 
As  thou  art  in  desire  ?  .  .  .  . 
Letting  'I  dare  not'  wait  upon  '  I  would,' 
Like  the  poor  cat  i'  the  adage  ? 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  7. 

Be  great  in  act,  as  you  have  been  in  thought. 
King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


78  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


Trees  shall  be  my  books, 
And  in  their  barks  my  thoughts  I'll  character. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

What  poor  an  instrument 
May  do  a  noble  deed  ! 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 


The  will  of  Heaven  be  done 
In  this  and  all  things  ! 

Henry   VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

There  is  a  world  elsewhere. 

Coriolanus,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

Bliss  and  goodness  on  you. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


There's  nothing  ill  can  dwell  in  such  a  temple. 
If  the  ill  spirit  have  so  fair  a  house, 
Good  things  will  strive  to  dwell  with  't. 

Tempest,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 
He  is  the  half  part  of  a  blessed  man, 
Left  to  be  finished  by  such  as  she  ; 
And  she  a  fair  divided  excellence, 
Whose  fulness  of  perfection  lies  in  him. 
King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  79 


Be  not  too  tame  neither  ;  but  let  your  own 
discretion  be  your  tutor  :  suit  the  action  to 
the  word,  the  word  to  the  action. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Though  I  am  not  naturally  honest,  I  am 
so  sometimes  by  chance. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

(August  8 

I  wear  not  motley  in  my  brain. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 
For  truth  can  never  be  confirmed  enough, 
Though  doubts  did  ever  sleep. 

Pericles,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
Be  collected,  no  more  amazement  : 
Tell  your  piteous  heart,  there's  no  harm  done. 
Tempest,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


A  heart  unspotted  is  not  easily  daunted. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

How  still  the  evening  is  ! 
As  hush'd  on  purpose  to  grace  harmony  ! 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
God  give  you  quiet  rest  to-night  ! 

Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 


80  THROUGH    THE    TEAR 

10 


Few  words  to  fair  faith. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
The  setting  sun,  and  music  at  the  close, 
As  the  last  taste  of  sweets,  is  sweetest  last, 
Writ  in  remembrance  more  than  things  long 

past.  Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Ye  speak  like  honest  men  :  pray  God  ye 
prove  so.  Henry  VII  L  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


Down  on  your  knees, 
And  thank  Heaven,  fasting,  for  a  good  man's 

love.     As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 
Heaven  give  you  many  many  merry  days. 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 
An  honest  man,  sir,  is  able  to  speak  for 
himself,  when  a  knave  is  not. 

Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

12 


'Tis  death  to  me  to  be  at  enmity  ; 
I  hate  it,  and  desire  all  good  men's  love. 
Richard  III.  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

With  thoughts  so  qualified  as  your  chari- 
ties shall  best  instruct  you,  measure  me. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  81 


Shall  I  compare  thee  to  a  summer's  day  ? 
Thou  art  more  lovely  and  more  temperate. 

Sonnet  xvm. 

For  'tis  the  mind  that  makes  the  body  rich  ; 
And  as  the  sun  breaks  through  the  darkest 

clouds, 
So  honour  peereth  in  the  meanest  habit. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 


O,  how  full  of  briers  is  this  working-day 
world  !  As  Ton  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

How  far  it  is 
To  this  same  blessed  Milford:  and,  by  the 

way, 

Tell  me  how  Wales  was  made  so  happy  as 
To  inherit  such  a  haven. 

Gymbeline,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

(&U£U0t    15 

She  is  of  so  free,  so  kind,  so  apt,  so  blessed 
a  disposition.  Othello,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

I  see  some  sparks  of  better  hope,  which  elder 

years 
May  happily  bring  forth. 

Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

The  fire  i'  the  flint  shows  not  till  it  be  struck. 
Timon  of  Athens,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


82  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

16 


God  bless  thee,  lady  ! 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 
I  know  you  have  a  gentle,  noble  temper, 
A  soul  as  even  as  a  calm. 

Henry   VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
.  .  .  Sleep  in  peace  and  wake  in  joy  ; 
Good  angels  guard  thee. 

•Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 


A  rarer  spirit  never 
Did  steer  humanity. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

I  have  no  other  but  a  woman's  reason  ; 
I  think  him  so  because  I  think  him  so. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 


18 


There's  no  art 

To  find  the  mind's  construction  in  the  face 
He  was  a  gentleman  on  whom  I  built 
An  absolute  trust. 

Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 

Your  name,  fair  gentlewoman  ? 

King  Lear,  Act  I.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  83 


19 

Happy  in  that  we  are  not  over-happy. 

Hamlet,  Act  ir.  Sc.  2. 

I  do  much  wonder  that  one  man,  seeing 
how  much  another  man  is  a  fool  when  he 
dedicates  his  behaviours  to  love,  will,  after 
he  hath  laughed  at  such  shallow  follies  in 
others,  become  the  argument  of  his  own  scorn 
by  falling  in  love. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

(gxtflruflt  20 

We  do  pray  for  mercy  ; 
And  that  same  prayer  doth  teach  us  all  to 

render 
The  deeds  of  mercy. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Men  of  few  words  are  the  best  men. 
Henry  V.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


21 


Sweet  are  the  uses  of  adversity, 
Which,  like  the  toad,  ugly  and  venomous, 
Wears  yet  a  precious  jewel  in  his  head. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

.  .  .  Spirits  are  not  finely  touch'd 
But  to  fine  issues. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


84  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

22 


To  keep  an  adjunct  to  remember  thee, 
Were  to  import  forgetfulness  in  me. 

Sonnet  cxxi. 

We  know  what  we  are,  but  know  not  what 
we  may  be.  Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

All  that  lives  must  die, 
Passing  through  Nature  to  eternity. 
Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

(gU£USt  23 

His  nature  is  too  noble  for  the  world  : 

He  would  not  flatter  Neptune  for  his  trident, 

Or  Jove  for  's  power  to  thunder.    His  heart's 

his  mouth, 
What  his  breast  forges,  that  his  tongue  must 

vent.  Coriolanus,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

There  is  no  darkness  but  ignorance. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

24 


All  the  world's  a  stage, 

And  all  the  men  and  women  merely  players. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  6. 

Shall  we  rest  us  here, 
And  by  relating  tales  of  others'  griefs, 
See  if  'twill  teach  us  to  forget  our  own  ? 
Pericles,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  85 

25 


An  honest  soul  i'  faith,  Sir,  by  my  troth  he 
is,  as  ever  broke  bread. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 

Give  sorrow  words  ;  the  grief  that  does  not 

speak 
"Whispers  the  o'erfraught   heart  and  bids  it 

break.  Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

@.U$u0f  26 

Our  remedies  oft  in  ourselves  do  lie, 
Which  we  ascribe  to  Heaven. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  'Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
We  are  not  ourselves 
When  nature,  being  oppress'd,  commands  the 

mind 
To  suffer  with  the  body. 

King  Lear,  Act  11.  Sc.  4. 

27 

But  a  good  heart,  Kate,  is  the  sun  and 
moon  ;  or  rather  the  sun  and  not  the  moon  . 
for  it  shines  bright  and  never  changes,  but 
keeps  his  course  truly. 

Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

He  is  simply  the  rarest  man  i'  the  world. 
Coriolanus,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 


86  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

28 


Love  thyself  last. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

God  bless  thee  ! 
Twelfth  Night,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

My  salad  days, 

When  I  was  green  in  judgment. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

29 


Thy  truth  then  be  thy  dower. 

King  Lear,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
You   have  a  nimble  wit  :  I  think   it   was 
made  of  Atalanta's  heels. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Some    Cupid   kills   with   arrows,  some  with 

traps. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  m.  Sc.  1. 


Falseness  cannot  come  from  thee. 

.  .  .  Thou  seem'st  a  palace 
For  the  crown'd  Truth  to  dwell  in. 

•Pericles,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

He  has  my  heart  yet,  and   shall  have  my 

prayers 
While  I  shall  have  my  life. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  m.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  87 


I  see  men's  judgments  are 
A  parcel  of  their  fortunes  ;  and  things  outward 
Do  draw  the  inward  quality  after  them, 
To  suffer  all  alike. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  in.  Sc.  13. 
Be  govern'd  by  your  knowledge  and  proceed 
I'  the  sway  of  your  own  will. 

King  Lear,  Act  iv.  Sc.  7. 

Thou  bring'st  me  happiness  and  peace. 

Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


88  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


Be  but  duteous  and  true  preferment  shall 
tender  itself  to  thee. 

Cymbeline,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 
Touch  you  the  sourest  points  with  sweetest 
terms. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 
Happy   are   they   that  hear  their  own  de- 
traction, and  can  put  them  to  mending. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
2 


Wise  men  ne'er  sit  and  wail  their  loss, 
But  cheerily  seek  how  to  redress  their  harms. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 

Checks  and  disasters 

Grow  in  the  veins  of  actions  highest  reared. 
Troilus  and  Oressida,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 


3 


For  miracles  are  ceased ; 
And  therefore  we  must  needs  admit  the  means 
How  things  are  perfected. 

Henry  V.  Act  T.  Sc.  1. 

Polonius.     What  do  you  think  of  me  ? 
King.     As  of  a  man  faithful  and  honourable. 
Hamlet,  Act  11.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  89 

£ep  temfler  4 

God,  the  best  maker  of  all  marriages, 
Combine  your  hearts  in  one. 

Henry  V.  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
Your  heart's  desires  be  with  you. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 
heaven  on  earth  I  have  won  by  wooing 

thee. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


And  He  that  doth  the  ravens  feed, 
Yea,  providently  caters  for  the  sparrow, 
Be  comfort  to  my  age  ! 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

As  full  of  spirit  as  the  month  of  May 
And  gorgeous  as  the  sun  at  midsummer. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Jkptemfier  6 

Come  what  come  may, 

Time  and  the  hour  runs  through  the  rough- 
est day.  Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Quick  is  mine  ear  to  hear  of  good  towards 
him.  Richard  II.  Act  u.  Sc.  1. 

I'll  be  as  patient  as  a  gentle  stream, 
And  make  a  pastime  of  each  weary  step. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  u.  Sc.  7. 


90  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

£ep temfler  7 

He  hath  a  daily  beauty  in  his  life. 

Othello,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Blessed  are  the  peacemakers  on  earth. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  u.  Sc.  1. 

The  while  I  think  on  thee,  dear  friend. 
All  losses  are  restored  and  sorrows  end. 

Sonnet  xxx. 

8 

For  never  anything  can  be  amiss, 
When  simpleness  and  duty  tender  it. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

How  green  you  are,  and  fresh,  in  this    old 
world ! 

King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

^ep femfier  9 

The  Lord  in  heaven  bless  thee ! 

Henry  V.  Act  IY.  Sc.  1. 

A  little  gale  will  soon  disperse  that  cloud, 
And  blow  it  to  the  source  from  whence  it 

came  : 

The  very  beams  will  dry  those  vapours  up, 
For  every  cloud  engenders  not  a  storm. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act.  v.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  91 

£ep  temfier  10 

Hope  is  a  lover's  staff  ;  walk  hence  with  that 
And  manage  it  against  despairing  thoughts. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
.  .  .  The  king-becoming  graces, 
As  justice,  verity,  temperance,  stableness, 
Bounty,  perseverance,  mercy,  lowliness, 
Devotion,  patience,  courage,  fortitude. 
Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

^cptcmflcr  11 

Thou  art  not  farther  than  my  thoughts  canst 

move, 
And  I  am  still  with  them,  and  they  with  thee. 

Sonnet  XLVII. 
The   love    that  follows  us    sometime  is   our 

trouble, 
Which  still  we  thank  as  love. 

Macbeth,  Act  I.  Sc.  6. 

12 


Rightly  to  be  great 
Is  not  to  stir  without  great  argument, 
But  greatly  to  find  quarrel  in  a  straw 
When  honour's  at  the  stake. 

Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

A  noble  life  before  a  long. 

Coriolanus,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


92  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

13 


Love  all,  trust  a  few, 

Do  wrong  to  none  :  be  able  for  thine  enemy 
Rather  in  power  than  use,  and  keep  thy  friend 
Under  thy  own  life's  key. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

Flow, 
You  heavenly  blessings,  on  her  ! 

Cymbeline,  Act  in.  Sc.  5. 


My  project  may  deceive  me, 
But  my  intents  are  fixed  and  will  not  leave 

me. 
AlP  s  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

0,  what  may  man  within  him  hide, 
Though  angel  on  the  outward  side  ! 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


15 


I  think  there's  never  a  man  in  Christendom 
That  can  less  hide  his  love  or  hate  than  he  ; 
For  by  his  face  straight  shall  you  know  his 
heart. 

Richard  III.  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

The  sweetest  lady  that  ever  I  looked  on. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  93 

^epfemfler  16 

"What  a  piece  of  work  is  a  man  !  How 
noble  in  reason  !  how  infinite  in  faculty  !  in 
form  and  moving,  how  express  and  admirable  ! 
in  action,  how  like  an  angel  !  in  apprehension, 
how  like  a  god  !  the  beauty  of  the  world  !  the 
paragon  of  animals  ! 

Hamlet,  Act  u.  Sc.  2. 
Men  should  be  what  they  seem. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

£epfem6er  17 

Fortune  brings  in  some   boats  that  are  not 
steer'd.  Cymbeline,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

Let  us  rather 
Hold  fast  the  mortal  sword,  and  like  good 

men 
Bestride  our  downfall'n  birthdom. 

Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

She  that  could  think,  and  ne'er  disclose  her 
mind.  Othello,  Act  II.  Sc.  1. 

18 


Methinks  there  is  much  reason  in  his  sayings. 
Julius  Ctesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

Forbear  to  judge,  for  we  are  sinners  all. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

Every  one  can  master  a  grief  but  he  that 
has  it. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


94  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

19 


O  'tis  the  sun  that  maketh  all  things  shine. 
Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

Out  with  it  boldly,  truth  loves  open  dealing. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

When  you  depart  —  sorrow  abides  and  hap- 
piness takes  his  leave. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

20 

He  tires  betimes  that  spurs  too  fast  betimes. 
Richard  II.  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

My  crown  is  in  my  heart,  not  on  my  head  ; 
Not  decked  with  diamonds  and  Indian  stones 
Nor  to  be  seen  ;  my  crown  is  called,  Content. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

^epfemfier  21 

I  will  believe  thou  hast  a  mind  that  suits 
With  this  thy  fair  and  outward  character. 
Twelfth  Night,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 
For  'tis  a  question  left  us  yet  to  prove 
Whether  love  lead  fortune,  or  else  fortune 

love.  Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

For  man  is  a  giddy  thing,  and  this  is  my 
conclusion. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing^  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  95 

£ep tem6et  22 

Fair  thoughts  be  your  fair  pillow  ! 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 
Good  angels  guard  thee  ! 

Richard  III.  Act  IV.  Sc.  1. 
All  I  see  in  you  is  worthy  love. 

King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
Thou  mayestsee  a  sunshine  and  a  hail 
In  me  at  once. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

£q> temflev  23 

But  we  all  are  men, 
In  our  own  natures  frail,  and  capable 
Of  our  flesh ;  few  are  angels. 

Henry  VIIL  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

I  am  not  of  that  feather  to  shake  off 
My  friend  when  he  must  need  me. 

Timon  of  Athens,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

^ep femfler  24 

To  show  the  world  I  am  a  gentleman. 
Richard  II.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Good  name  in  man  and  woman,  dear  my  lord, 
Is  the  immediate  jewel  of  their  souls  :  .  .  . 
Poor  and  content  is  rich  and  rich  enough, 
But  riches  fineless  is  as  poor  as  winter 
To  him  that  ever  fears  he  shall  be  poor. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 


96  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

^q? temfier  25 

Silence  is  the  perfectest  herald  of  joy :  I 
were  but  little  happy,  if  I  could  say  how 
much. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

In  all  external  grace  you  have  some  part, 
But  you  like  none,  none  you,  for   constant 
heart.  Sonnet  LIU. 

£epfem6er  26 

He  is  a  marvellous  good  neighbour. 

Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
Beware  of  entrance  to  a  quarrel,  but  being  in, 
Bear't  that  the  opposed  may  beware  of  thee. 

Hamlet,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 
Do  as  adversaries  do  in  law, 
Strive  mightily,  but  eat  and  drink  as  friends. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

^ep temfier  27 

God's  goodness  hath  been  great  to  thee ; 
Let  never  day  nor  night  unhallow'd  pass, 
But  still  remember  what  the  Lord  hath  done. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VL  Act  u.  Sc.  1. 

God  send  every  one  their  heart's  desire. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

He  is  no  hypocrite,  but  prays  from  his  heart. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


W'JL 


ffoltow  BOUC  frten&'s  counsel ;  f 'U  in. 


MEHRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  97 

^ep  femfler  28 

Speak  freely  what  you  think. 
Third  Part  of  Henry   VI,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Be  just,  and  fear  not  ; 
Let  all  the  ends  thou  aim'st  at  be  thy  coun- 

try's, 

Thy  God's,  and  truth's  :  then  if  thou  fall'st  .  . 
Thou  fall'st  a  blessed  martyr  ! 

Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


29 

All  the  world  is  cheered  by  the  sun. 

Richard  III.  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 
Then  God  forgive  the  sin  of  all  those  souls 
That  to  their  everlasting  residence, 
Before  the  dew  of  evening  fall,  shall  fleet. 
King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
For  some  must  watch,  while  some  must  sleep  : 
So  runs  the  world  away. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

30 


Our  indiscretion  sometimes  serves  us  well, 
When  our  deep  plots  do  pall  :  and  that  should 

teach  us 

There's  a  divinity  that  shapes  our  ends, 
Rough-hew  them  how  we  will. 

Hamlet,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

Let  me  be  that  I  am,  and  seek  not  to  alter 
me. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 


98  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


He  sits  high  in  all  the  people's  hearts. 
Julius  CfBsar,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

Our  hearts, 

Of  brother's  temper,  do  receive  you  in 
With  all  kind  love,  good  thoughts  and  rever- 

ence. 
.  .  .  Though  last,  not  least  in  love. 

Julius  Ceesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

fccfofler  2 

Heat  not  a  furnace  for  your  foe  so  hot 
That  it  do  singe  yourself  :  we  may  outrun, 
By  violent  swiftness,  that  which  we  run  at, 
And  lose  by  over-running. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
You  shall  have  time  to  wrangle  in  when 
you  have  nothing  else  to  do. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  2.  - 

fcctofler  3 

Beshrew  me  but  I  love  her  heartily  ; 
For  she  is  wise,  if  I  can  judge  of  her, 
And  fair  she  is,  if  that  mine  eyes  be  true, 
And  true  she  is,  as  she  hath  proved  herself, 
And  therefore,  like   herself,  wise,  fair,   and 

true, 
Shall  she  be  placed  in  my  constant  soul. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  u.  Sc.  6. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  99 

fcctofier  4- 

For  mine  own  part,  I  could  be  well  content 
To  entertain  the  lag-end  of  my  life 
With  quiet  hours. 

First  J*art  of  Henry  1 V.  Act  V.  Sc.  1. 
Redeeming  time  when  men  think  least  I  will. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 
Things  past  redress  are  now  with  me   past 
care.  Richard  II.  Act  u.  Sc.  3. 


How  like  a  winter  hath  my  absence  been 
From  thee,  the  pleasure  of  the  fleeting  year  T 
What  freezings  have  I  felt,  what  dark  days 


seen 


What  old  December's  bareness  everywhere  ! 
And    yet    this  time  removed  was  summer's 
time.  Sonnet  xcvu. 


O  Lord,  that  lends  me  life, 
Lend  me  a  heart  replete  with  thankfulness  ! 

Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

Cold  snow  melts  with  the  sun's  hot  beams. 

Second  Part  of  Henry    VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

She  came  adorned  hither  like  sweet  May. 

Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


100  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

fcctofiet  7 

Wipe  not  out  the  rest  of  thy  services  by 
leaving  me  now  :  the  need  I  have  of  thee 
thine  own  goodness  hath  made  ;  better  not  to 
have  had  thee  than  thus  to  want  thee. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  IV.  Sc.  2. 
The  noblest  mind  he  carries 
That  ever  govern  'd  man. 
Long  may  he  live  in  fortunes  ! 

Timon  of  Athens,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 
8 


Let  gentleness  my  strong  enforcement  be. 
As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  7. 

Rather  bear  those  ills  we  have, 
Than  fly  to  others  that  we  know  not  of. 
Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Our  very  eyes  are  sometimes,  like  our  judg- 
ments, blind.  Cymbeline,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

fcctofier  9 

My  man's  as  true  as  steel. 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

Our  separation  so  abides,  and  flies, 
That  thou,  residing  here,  go'st  yet  with  me, 
And  I,  hence  fleeting,  here  remain  with  thee. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

He's  honest,  on  mine  honour. 

Henry  VIIL  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  101 

&cfo8er  10 

His  words  are  bonds,  his  oaths  are  oracles, 
His  love  sincere,  his  thoughts  immaculate, 
His  tears  pure  messengers  sent  from  his  heart, 
His  heart  as  far  from  fraud  as  heaven  from 

earth. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  7. 
I  cannot  but  remember  such  things  were, 
That  were  most  precious  to  me. 

Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 


There  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men, 
Which,  taken  at  the  flood,  leads  on  to  fortune 
Omitted,  all  the  voyage  of  their  life 
Is  bound  in  shallows  and  in  miseries. 

Julius  CcBsar,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

He  was  my  friend,  faithful  and  just  to  me. 
Julius  Caesar,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 


12 


How  sour  sweet  music  is, 
When  time  is  broke  and  no  proportion  kept  ! 
So  is  it  in  the  music  of  men's  lives. 

Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

Life  every   man   holds  dear  ;  but  the  brave 

man 

Holds  honour  far  more  precious  dear  than  life. 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 


102  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

£>cfofier  13 

It  is  religion  that  doth  make  vows  kept. 
King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

Our  rash  faults 

Make  trivial  price  of  serious  things  we  have, 

Not  knowing  them  until  we  know  their  grave. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Ocfofler  14 

The  gravity  and  stillness  of  your  youth 
The  world  hath  noted. 

Othello,  Act  ii.  Sc.  3. 
He  was  a  man,  take  him  for  all  in  all, 
I  shall  not  look  upon  his  like  again. 

Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

Your  name  is  great 
In  mouths  of  wisest  censure. 

Othello,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

£>ctofler  15 

Let  me  put  in  your  minds,  if  you  forget, 
What  you  have  been  ere  now,  and  what  you 
are.  Richard  III,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

I  forgive  and  quite  forget  old  faults. 
Third  *Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  Hi.  Sc.  3. 

She  loved  me  for  the  dangers  I  had  pass'd, 
And  I  loved  her  that  she  did  pity  them. 
Othello,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  103 

16 


Then,  Heaven,  set  ope  thy  everlasting  gates, 

To  entertain  my  vows  of  thanks  and  praise  ! 

Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  9. 

He  wears  his  faith  but  as  the  fashion  of  his 
hat  ;  it  ever  changes  with  the  next  block. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

fcetofler  17 

Hearing  you  praised,  I  say,  '  'Tis  so,  'tis  true,' 
And  to   the   most  of   praise    add  something 
more.  Sonnet  LXXXV. 

Full  of  wise  care  is  this  your  counsel. 
Richard  III.  Act  in.   Sc.  1. 

Me,  poor  man,  my  library 
"Was  dukedom  large  enough. 

Tempest,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

fccfofier  18 

Till  now  I  never  knew  thee  ! 

Henry  VIII.  Act  I.  Sc.  4. 

Things  without  all  remedy 
Should   be  without   regard  ;  what's   done  is 
done.  Macbeth,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

A  son  who  is  the  theme  of  honour's  tongue, 
Amongst  a  grove  the  very  straightest  plant. 
First  Part  of  Henry"  IV.  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 


104  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

£>6fo6er  19 

Let's  take  the  instant  by  the  forward  top  ! 
For  we  are  old,  and  on  our  quick'st  decrees 
The  inaudible  and  noiseless  foot  of  Time 
Steals  ere  we  can  effect  them. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

Bosom  up  my  counsel, 
You'll  find  it  wholesome. 

Henry   VIII,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

fcctoflet  20 

There  is  some  soul  of  goodness  in  things  evil, 
Would  men  observingly  distil  it  out. 

Henry  V.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 
Ween  you  of  better  luck, 
I  mean  in  perjured  witness,  than  your  master 
Whose  minister  you  are,  whiles  here  he  lived 
Upon  this  naughty  earth. 

Henry   VIII.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

£>cfofier  21 

Give  every  man  thine  ear,  but  few  thy  voice ; 
Take    each   man's   censure,  but  reserve  thy 
judgment.  Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Octavia  is  of  a  holy,  cold,  and  still  conver- 
sation. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  6. 

I  commit  you  to  the  tuition  of  God. 

Tempest,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  105 

fccfofier  22 

I  count  myself  in  nothing  else  so  happy 
As  in  a  soul  remembering  my  good  friends. 
Richard  II.  Act  u.  Sc.  3. 

Fortune  and  Victory  sit  on  thy  helm  ! 
Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

I  weigh  my  friend's  affection  with  mine  own. 
Timon  of  Athens,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

fcctofier  23 

.  .  .  No  mind  that's  honest 
But  in  it  shares  some  woe. 

Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

You  shall  hear  from  me  still ;  the  time  shall 

not 
Out-go  my  thinking  on  you. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

fcctofler  24 

Add  a  royal  number  to  the  dead. 

King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

He  gave  his  honours  to  the  world  again, 
His   blessed   part   to    Heaven,  and    slept  in 
peace.          Henry  VIII.  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

Say  as    you    think,  and  speak  it  from  your 

souls. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


106  '   THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

fccfoficr  25 

He  hath  indeed  a  good  outward  happiness  ! 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  u.  Sc.  3. 

Doubting  things  go  ill  often  hurts  more 
Than  to  be  sure  they  do  ;  for  certainties 
Either  are  past  remedies,  or,  timely  knowing. 
The  remedy  then  born. 

Cymbeline,  Act  i.  Sc.  6. 

€><jto8er  26 

We  see  which  way  the  stream  of  time  doth 

run, 

And  are  enforced  from  our  most  quiet  there 
By  the  rough  torrent  of  occasion. 

Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Be  thou  chaste  as  ice,  as  pure  as  snow, 
Thou  shajt  not  escape  calumny. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

27 


However  God  or  fortune  cast  my  lot, 
There  lives  or  dies 
A  loyal,  just,  and  upright  gentleman. 
Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Age  cannot  wither  her,  nor  custom  stale 
Her  infinite  variety. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  107 

fccfoflev  28 

You  taught  me  how  to  know  the  face  of  right. 
King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

"Pis  beauty  that  doth  oft  make  woman  proud, 
'Tis  virtue  that  doth  make  them  mostadmired, 
'Tis  government  that  makes  them  seem  divine. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  I.  Sc.  4. 

fcctofler  29 

Cease  to  lament  for  that  thou  canst  not  help, 

And  study  help  for  that  which  thou  lament'st. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

....  For  his  bounty 

There  was  no  winter  in't,  an  autumn  'twas 

That  grew  the  more  by  reaping. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

fccfoflev  30 

My  heart  is  great ;  but  it  must  break  with 

silence, 
Ere't  be  disburden'd  with  a  liberal  tongue. 

Richard  II.  Act  u.  Sc.  1.    , 

I  hourly  learn  a  doctrine  of  obedience. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

What's  brave,  what's  noble,  let's  do  it. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  iv.  Sc.  lo. 


108  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


31 

Thou  art  a  summer  bird, 
Which  ever  in  the  haunch  of  winter  sings 
The  lifting  up  of  day. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 
He  shall  have  a  noble  memory. 

Coriolanus,  Act  v.  Sc.  6. 
But  thy  eternal  summer  shall  not  fade  .  .  . 
Nor  shall  Death  brag  thou  wander'st  in  his 

shade, 
When  in  eternal  lines  to  time  thou  growest. 

Sonnet  xvm. 
O,  this  boy 

Lends  mettle  to  us  all  : 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  109 

1 


But  with    the  word  the  time  will  bring   on 

summer. 
When    briers    shall   have    leaves  as  well   as 

thorns, 

And  be  as  sweet  as  sharp  ..... 
All's  well  that  ends  well  ;  still   the  fine's  the 

crown  ; 

Whate'er  the  course,  the  end  is  the  renown. 
A^s  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 

(UobemBer  2 

The  benediction  of  these  covering  heavens 
Fall  on  their  heads  like  dew  ! 

Cymbeline,  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 
This  priest  has  no  pride  in  him. 

Henry   VIII,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 
What  thou  wouldst  highly, 
That  wouldst  thou  holily  ;  wouldst  not  play 
false.  Macbeth,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

(ttobemfier  3 

I  hear,  yet  say  not  much,  but  think  the  more. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

Angels  are  bright  still,  though  the  brightest 
fell.  Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

Nought  so  stockish,  hard,  and  full  of  rage, 
But  music  for  the  time  doth  change  his  nature. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


110  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


He  is  complete  in  feature  and  in  mind, 
With  all  good  grace  to  grace  a  gentleman. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

But  my  prayers 
Forever  and  forever  shall  be  yours. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

(tto&emfler  5 

He  hath  never  fed  on  the  dainties  that  are 
bred  in  a  book. 

Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 
You  should  be  ruled  and  led 
By  some  discretion,  that  discerns  your  state 
Better  than  you  yourself.  .  .  .  To  wilful  men, 
The  injuries  that  they  themselves  procure 
Must  be  their  schoolmasters. 

King  Lear,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 

(ttobemfier  6 

The  force  of  his  own  merit  makes  his  way. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

That   old   and   antique  song  we   heard    last 

night  : 

Methought  it  did  relieve  my  passion  much, 
More  than  light  airs  and  recollected  terms 
Of  these  most  brisk  and  giddy-paced  times. 
Twelfth  Night,  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  111 

Qtobemfler  7 

We  are  in  God's  hand,  brother. 

Henry  V,  Act  in.  Sc.  6. 
But  wonder  on,  till   truth  makes  all  things 

plain. 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

The  heart  I  bear 

Shall  never  sag  with  doubt,  or   shake  with 
fear.  Macbeth,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

QJo&emfier  8 

Though  thy  tackle's  torn 
Thou  show'st  a  noble  vessel. 

Coriolanus,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

Bring  me  a  constant  woman, 
And  to  that  woman,  when  she  has  done  most, 
Yet  will  I  add  an  honour,  a  great  patience. 
Henry  VIIL  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 


To  climb  steep  hills 
Requires  slow  pace  at  first. 

Henry  VIIL  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

Now,  good  angels 

Fly  o'er  thy  royal  head,  and  shade  thy  person 
Under  their  blessed  wings  ! 

Henry  VIIL  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


112  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

Qtofcemfler  10 

Direct  not  him  whose  way  himself  will  choose: 
'Tis  breath  thou  lack'st,  and  that  breath  wilt 

thou  lose.      Richard  II.  Act  u.  Sc.  1. 

Give  me  that  man 
That  is  not  passion's  slave,  and  I  will  wear 

him 

In  my  heart's  core,  ay,  in  my  heart  of  heart, 
As  I  do  thee.  Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

(ttobemflet  11 

Full  of  noble  device,  of  all  sorts  enchant- 
ingly  beloved. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  i.  Sc.  i. 
I  can  nothing  render  but  allegiant  thanks, 
My  prayers  to  Heaven  for  you,  my  loyalty, 
Which  ever  has,  and  ever  shall  be,  growing, 
Till  death,  that  winter,  kill  it. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

(lltobemfier  12 

Came  of  a  gentle,  kind,  and  noble  stock. 
Pericles,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Her  peerless  feature,  joined  with  her  birth, 
Approves  her  fit  for  none  but  for  a  king. 
first  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  v.  Sc.  5. 

All  tongues  speak  of  him,  and  the  bleared 
sights  are  spectacled  to  see  him. 

Coriolanus,  Act  u.  Sc.  1. 


evil  tbat  men 


lives  after  tbem. 


JULIUS    C/ESAR. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  113 

(Jtobemfier  13 

Her  that  loves  him  with  that  excellence 
That  angels  love  good  men  with. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

If  wishes  would  prevail  with  me, 
My  purpose  should  not  fail  with  me. 

Henry  V.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

(ttobcmflcr  14 

His  overthrow  heap'd  happiness  upon  him, 
For  then,  and  not  till  then,  he  felt  himself, 
And  found  the  blessedness  of  being  little. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

Here's  one,  a  friend,  and  one  that  knows  you 
well. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

(tto&emficr  15 

Heaven  give  your  spirits  comfort. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 

Her  voice  was  ever  soft, 

Gentle  and  low  ;  an  excellent  thing  in  woman. 
King  Lear,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

She  excels  each  mortal  thing 

Upon  the  dull  earth  dwelling. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


114  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

(Jtobemfier  16 

Thou  hast  metal  enough  in  thee  to  kill  care, 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Deep  malice  makes  too  deep  incision. 
Forget,  forgive,  conclude,  and  be  agreed. 
Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

All  that  glisters  is  not  gold. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  n.  Sc.  7. 

(ttobemfler  17 

There  is  a  history  in  all  men's  lives, 
Figuring  the  nature  of  the  time  deceased ; 
The  which  observed,  a  man  may  prophesy, 
With  a  near  aim  of  the  main  chance  of  things 
As  yet  not  come  to  life,  which  in  their  seeds 
And  weak  beginnings  lie  intreasured. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

(ttobemfier  18 

May  the  gods  direct  you  to  the  best ! 
Cymbeline,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

Well,  I  know  not 

What  counts  harsh  fortune  casts  upon  my  face: 
But  in  my  bosom  shall  she  never  come, 
To  make  my  heart  her  vassal. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  6. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  115 

(ttobemflet  19 

To  be,  or  not  to  be  :  that  is  the  question. 
Hamlet,  Act  HI.  Sc.  1. 

Thy  own  wish,  wish  I  thee  in  every  place ! 
Love's  Labour's  Lost,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 

Though  fortune's  malice  overthrow  my  state, 

My  mind  exceeds  the  compass  of  her  wheel. 

Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

(Uobemfier  20 

And  tell  me  now,  sweet  friend,  what  happy 

gale 

Blows  you  to  Padua  here  from  old  Verona  ? 
Such  wind  as  scatters  young  men  through 

the  world, 

To  seek  their  fortunes  farther  than  at  home, 
Where  small  experience  grows. 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

(ttobem6er  21 

O,  it  is  excellent 

To  have  a  giant's  strength ;  but  it  is  tyran- 
nous 
To  use  it  like  a  giant. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  II.  Sc.  2. 
....  I  might  not  this  believe 
Without  the  sensible  and  true  avouch 
Of  mine  own  eyes. 

Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


116  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

(tto&emfler  22 

And  he  is  one, 

'I  he  truest  manner'd  ;  such  a  holy  witch, 
That  he  enchants  societies  into  him  ; 
Half  all  men's  hearts  are  his.  .  .  . 

Cymbeline,  Act  i.  Sc.  6. 

Time  comes  stealing  on  by  night  and  day. 
Comedy  of  JZrrors,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


23 

And  oft  'tis  seen,  the  wicked  prize  itself 
Buys  out  the  law  :  but  'tis  not  so  above  : 
There  is  no  shuffling,  there  the  action  lies 
In  his  true  nature  ;  and  we  ourselves  com- 

pell'd, 

Even  to  the  teeth  and  forehead  of  our  faults, 
To  give  in  evidence.  What  then  ?  what  rests  ? 
Try  what  repentance  can. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 
Qtobemfler  24 

The  web  of  our  life  is  of  a  mingled  yarn, 
good  and  ill  together. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 

Jog  on,  jog  on,  the  foot-path  way, 
And  merrily  hent  the  stile-a, 

A  merry  heart  goes  all  the  day  : 
Your  sad  tires  in  a  mile-a. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  117 

(Jto&emfier  25 

As  heart  can  think  there  is  not  such  a  word 
Spoke  of  in  Scotland  as  this  term  of  fear. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act.  iv.  Sc.  1. 
Remember  thee!    Ay,  while  memory  holds 
A  seat  in  this  distracted  globe. 

Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 
My  caution  was  more  pertinent 
Than  the  rebuke  you  give  it. 

Coriolanus,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

(Jtofcemfler  26 

I'll    take  thy  word  for  faith,  not  ask  thine 

oath  : 
Who  shuns  not  to  break  one  will  sure  crack 

both.  Pericles,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

They  say  miracles  are  past ;  and  we  have 
our  philosophical  persons,  to  make  modern 
and  familiar  things  supernatural  and  cause- 
less. 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

(Uobemfier  27 

I  do  not  think  a  braver  gentleman, 
More  active-valiant,  or  more  valiant-young, 
More  daring  or  more  bold,  is  now  alive 
To  grace  this  latter  age  with  noble  deeds. 
First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 

Great  floods  have  flown  from  simple  sources. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 


118  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

(tto&emBer  28 

Now  the  fair  goddess,  Fortune, 
Fall  deep  in  love  with  thee  ;  and  her  great 

charms 
Misguide  thy  opposers'  swords  ! 

Coriolanus,  Act  I.  Sc.  5. 
A  most  poor  man,  made  tame  by  fortune's 

blows.  King  Lear,  Act  v.  Sc.  6. 

Keep  your  fellows'  counsels  and  your  own. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

29 


I  to  the  world  am  like  a  drop  of  water, 
That  in  the  ocean  seeks  another  drop. 

Comedy  of  Errors,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

Prosperity  be  thy  page  ! 

....  Thy  friend  no  less 
Than  those  she  placeth  highest  ! 

Coriolanus,  Act  i.  Sc.  5. 

(ttofcemflet  30 

Pray  you,  bid 
These  unknown  friends  to  us  welcome  ;  for  it 

is 
The   way  to  make  us   better    friends,  more 

known.     Winter's  Tale,  Act  iv.  Sc.  4. 
There's  rosemary,  that's  for  remembrance. 
Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  6. 

The  dews  of  heaven  fall  thick  in  blessings  on 
her  !  Henry  VIII.  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  119 

©ecemfiet  1 

Love  is  an  ever-fixed  mark, 
That  looks  on  tempests  and  is  never  shaken ; 
It  is  the  star  to  every  wandering  bark, 
Whose  worth's  unknown,  although  his  height 
be  taken.  Sonnet  cxvi. 

When  sorrows  come  they  come  not  single 

spies 
But  in  battalions.     Hamlet,  Act  iv.  Sc.  5. 

©ecemfier  2 

I  had  rather  seal  my  lips,  than,  to  my  peril, 
Speak  that  which  is  not. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

Blossom,  speed  thee  well. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

I'll  make  assurance  doubly  sure, 
And  take  a  bond  of  fate. 

Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 

©ecemfler  3 

Ceremony  was  but  devised  at  first 
To  set  a  gloss  on  faint   deeds,  hollow  wel- 
comes, 

Recanting  goodness,  sorry  ere  'tis  shown ; 
But  where  there  is  true  friendship,  there  needs 

none.      Timon  of  Athens,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 
In  winter's  tedious  nights,  sit  by  the  fire 
with  good  old  folks. 

Richard  II.  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 


120  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


We  must  not  stint 
Our  necessary  actions,  in  the  fear 
To  cope  malicious  censurers. 

Henry  VIII.  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

A  virtuous  and  a  Christian-like  conclusion, 
To  pray  for  them  that  have  done  scathe  to 
us.  Richard  III.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 


For  there  was  never  yet  philosopher 
That  could  endure  the  toothache  patiently, 
However  they  have  writ  the  style  of  gods 
And  made  a  push  at  chance  and  sufferance. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
With  all  my  heart  I'll  sit  and  hear  her  sing. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  ill.  Sc.  1. 


We  cannot  weigh  our  brother  with  ourself. 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

This  must  my  comfort  be, 
That  sun  that  warms  you  here  shall  shine  on 
me.  Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 

I  am  a  fellow  o'  the  strangest  mind  i'  the 
world.  Twelfth  Night,  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  121 

©ecemBer  7 

Fie,  fob,  and  fum, 
I  smell  the  blood  of  a  British  man. 

King  Lear,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 
Our  doubts  are  traitors, 

And  make  us  lose  the  good  we  oft  might  win 
By  fearing  to  attempt. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  i.  Sc.  4. 

Bliss  be  upon  you  ! 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

©ecemfier  8 

Nought's  had,  all's  spent, 
Where  our  desire  is  got  without  content : 
'Tis  safer  to  be  that  which  we  destroy 
Than  by  destruction  dwell  in  doubtful  joy. 
Macbeth,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

I  will  hope 

Of  better  deeds  to-morrow.   Rest  you  happy  ! 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

©ecemfier  9 

He  cannot  natter,  he, 
An  honest   mind  and  plain,  he  must  speak 

truth ! 

An  they  will  take  it,  so  ;  if  not,  he's  plain. 
King  Lear,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 
You  bear  a  gentle  mind,  and  heavenly  bless- 
ings 
Follow  such  creatures. 

Henry  VIII,  Act  11.  Sc.  3. 


122  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

©esemfier  10 

Many  years  of  happy  days  befall. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 
....  Who  is  so  full  of  grace 
That  it  flows  over  on  all  that  need. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
But  this  lies  within  the  will  of  God, 
To  whom  I  do  appeal. 

Henry  V.  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 

®e<temfier  11 

Therefore  my  age  is  as  a  lusty  winter, 
Frosty,  but  kindly. 

As  You  Like  It,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 

To  Thee  I  do  commend  my  watchful  soul, 
Ere  I  let  fall  the  windows  of  mine  eyes  : 
Sleeping  and  waking,  O  defend  me  still  ! 
Richard  III.  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 

©eeemfier  12 

Our  fortune  lies  upon  this  jump. 
Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  in.  Sc.  8. 
My  desolation  does  begin  to  make 
A  better  life. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
There  is  a  kind  of  character  in  thy  life, 
That  to  the  observer  doth  thy  history 
Fully  unfold. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  123 

©ecemfier  13 

Model  to  thy  inward  greatness, 
Like  little  body  with  a  mighty  heart. 

Henry  V.  Act  n.  Chorus. 
For  courage  mounteth  with  occasion. 

King  John,  Act  n.  Sc.  1. 
And  for  this  once  my  will  shall  stand  for 
law. 

Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 


What  fates    impose,    that    men    must   needs 

abide  ; 

It  boots  not  to  resist  both  wind  and  tide. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  IV.  Sc.  3. 
He  tells  you  flatly  what  his  mind  is. 
Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

....  I  am  declined 
Into  the  vale  of  years. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

©ecemflet  15 

....  I  might  call  him 
A  thing  divine,  for  nothing  natural 
I  ever  saw  so  noble. 

Tempest,  Act  i.  Sc.  2. 
All  may  be  well  ;  but,  if  God  sort  it  so, 
'Tis  more  than  we  deserve,  or  I  expect. 
Richard  III.  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 
Take   from   my  mouth   the    wish   of   happy 
years.  Richard  II.  Act  I.  Sc.  3. 


124  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 


16 

Sudden  sorrow 
Serves  to  say  thus,  some  good  thing  comes 

to-morrow. 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  IV.  Sc.  2. 

Mine  honesty 
Shall  not  make  poor  my  greatness,  nor  my 

power 
Work  without  it. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  n.  Sc.  2. 

©eeemfier  17 

Be  checked  for.  silence,  but  never  taxed  for 

speech. 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  Act  I.  Sc.  1. 

My  ending  is  despair, 
Unless  I  be  relieved  bv  prayer, 
Which  pierces  so  that  it  assaults 
Mercy  itself,  and  frees  all  faults. 

Tempest,  Epil. 


18 


My  endeavours 

Have  ever  come  too  short  of  my  desires. 
Henry  VIII.  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 

For  the  man  doth  fear  God,  howsoever  it 
seems  not  in  him  by  some  large  jests  he  will 
make. 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  II.  Sc.  3. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  125 

©ecemfter  19 

He  is  your  friend  forever. 

Henry  VIIL  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 
All  the  gods  go  with  you  !  upon  your  sword 
Sit  laurel  victory  !  and  smooth  success 
Be  strew'd  before  your  feet. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 
Nought  shall  make  us  rue, 
If  England  to  itself  do  rest  but  true. 
King  John,  Act  v.  Sc.  7. 
20 


....  So  we'll  live 
And  pray,  and  sing,  and  tell  old  tales. 
King  Lear,  Act  v.  Sc.  2. 

Poor  Tom's  a-cold  ! 

King  Lear,  Act  in.  Sc.  4. 

O,  how  this  discord  doth  afflict  my  soul  ! 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

©ecemfier  21 

All  this  day  an  unaccustomed  spirit 
Lifts   me   above   the   ground   with  cheerful 
thoughts. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  v.  Sc.  1. 
The  smallest  worm  will  turn  being  trodden  on. 
Third  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act  I.  Sc.  2. 
Parting  is  such  sweet  sorrow 
That  I  shall  say  good-night  till  it  be  morrow. 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Act  n.  Sc.  3. 


126  THROUGH    THE    TEAK 

©eoemfie*  22 

Of  a  cheerful  look,  a  pleasing  eye,  and  a 
most  noble  carriage. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  n.  Sc.  4. 
So  every  bondman  iu  his  own  hand  bears 
The  power  to  cancel  his  captivity. 

Julius  Ccesar,  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Tut,  tut, 

Thou  troublest  me ;  I  am  not  in  the  vein. 
Richard  III.  Act  iv.,  Sc.  2. 

©eeemfler  23 

A  woman-'s  gentle  heart,  but  not  acquainted 
With    shifting   change    as    is   false   women's 
fashion.  Sonnet  xx. 

A  kinder  gentleman  treads  not  the  earth. 
Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  n.  Sc.  8. 

God  comfort  him  in  this  necessity ! 
First  Part  of  Henry  VI.  Act.  iv.  Sc.  3. 

©ecemBer  24. 

Look,  what  thy  soul  holds  dear,  imagine  it 
To  lie  that  way  thou  go'st,  not  whence  thou 
comest.  Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

Some  say  that  ever  'gainst  that  season  comes, 
Wherein  our  Saviour's  birth  is  celebrated, 
The  bird  of  dawning  singeth  all  night  long, 
And  then  they  say  no  spirit  stirs  abroad. 
Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 


WITH    SHAKESPEARE  127 

©ecemfler  25 

Alas,  alas  ! 
Why,   all    the    souls   that  were  were  forfeit 

once ; 

And  He  that  might  the  vantage  best  have  took 
Found  out  the  remedy. 

Measure  for  Measure,  Act  u.  Sc.  2. 
The  yearly  course  that  brings  this  day  about, 
Shall  never  see  it  but  a  holiday. 

King  John,  Act  in.  Sc.  1. 

©eeemfler  26 

The  time  is  worth  the  use  on't. 

Winter's  Tale,  Act  m.  Sc.  1. 

And  time  that  takes  survey  of  all  the  world 
must  have  a  stop. 

First  Part  of  Henry  IV.  Act  v.  Sc.  4. 

I  am  not  of  many  words,  but  I  thank  you. 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  i.  Sc.  1. 

®eeemfler  2? 

He  is  as  full  of  valour  as  of  kindness. 

Henry  V.  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 
Jesters  do  oft  prove  prophets. 

King  Lear,  Act  v.  Sc.  3. 
By-and-by  is  easily  said. 

Hamlet,  Act  in.  Sc.  2. 
Things  at  the  worst  will  cease. 

Macbeth,  Act  iv.  Sc.  2. 


128  THROUGH    THE    YEAR 

©ecemfler  28 

For  I  know  thou'rt  full  of  love  and 
honesty, 

And  weigh'st  thy  words  before  thou  givest 
them  breath. 

Othello,  Act  in.  Sc.  3. 

®e<jemfler  29 

He  hath  a  stern  look,  but  a  gentle  heart. 
King  John,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. 
Let's  teach  ourselves  that  honourable  stop, 
Not  to  outsport  discretion. 

Othello,  Act  ii.  Sc.  3. 

©eeemfier  30 

God  in  thy  good  cause  make  thee  prosperous  ! 

Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 
If  I  do  vow  a  friendship,  I'll  perform  it 
To  the'  last  article. 

Othello,  Act  in,  Sc.  3. 

©ecemfler  31 

Then  let  us  take  a  ceremonious  leave 
And  loving  farewell  of  our  several  friends. 
Richard  II.  Act  i.  Sc.  3. 

God  be  with  you  all ! 

Henry  V.  Act  iv.  Sc.  3. 


UC  SOUTHERN  REGIONAL  LIBRARY  FACILITY 


A     000038174     9 


